Yang Zhihua

Yang Zhihua
Yang Zhihua
	Yang Zhihua in Hangzhou (before 1949)
Native name	杨之华
Born	1900; Zhejiang Province, China
Died	1973 (aged 72–73) ; Beijing, China
Occupation	Author; women's labor organizer/activist;
Subject	love; marriage; divorce; labor; Chinese women's oppression;
Notable works	“Love and Socializing Between Men and Women"; “The Debate over ‘Love and Open Socializing between Men and Women'"; “My View on the Issue of Divorce”; “Women’s Careers”;
Spouse	] Qu Qiubai;
Children	Qu Duyi

Yang Zhihua (Chinese: 杨之华; 1900 -1973) was a feminist voice and a Chinese Communist Party (CCP) labor organizer who is known for her role as the Director of the Women’s Bureau. An avid writer, Yang explored topics of gendered and class inequality in her works.

Originally a schoolteacher, Yang attended Shanghai University where she became active in labor organizing on behalf of the CCP. Before and during her time at university, Yang wrote columns in the "Women’s Critic" section of The Republican Daily News (also known by its Chinese-language name, Min Kuo Ji Pao), a prominent Shanghai-based newspaper and the primary publication of the Kuomintang (KMT). Throughout her writings, Yang illustrated her support of systemic reform within Chinese culture and pushed for replacing traditional arranged marriages with marriages rooted in love and freedom.

With the onset of the Cultural Revolution, Yang came under suspicion of committing treasonous acts against the CCP, and was imprisoned until her death in 1973.