Unsung Heroine: Wang Ruqi, the 1950 Marriage Law, and State-Legal Feminism

This article analyses Wang Ruqi’s contribution to the drafting of the 1950 Marriage Law, the first codified law promulgated by the People’s Republic of China (PRC). It argues that Wang—who had been a legal specialist and a female political activist dating back to the 1930s and 1940s—was the actual a...

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