Today in Labor History December 8, 1871: Tang Qunying was born. She was the first female member of the Tongmenghui (Chinese Revolutionary Alliance), a secret society and underground resistance movement founded by Sun Yat-sen that helped to overthrow dynasty rule in China. In 1905, she was trained in weaponry and bomb making by Russian anarchists. In 1913, she founded Hunan's first newspaper for women: Women’s Rights Daily.

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