The Study Of The Women’s New Life Movement During Anti-Japanese War

The Women’s New Life Movement sank into a low tide after it began in Nanchangin1934. Since Lushan forum on work concerning women and Hankoureorganization, the Women’s New Life Movement sprang to life, and many femaleelites took part in it. The Chinese women were led to join the enterprise, which issafeguarding national independence and fighting for the tide of emancipation. Wecould revisit this passion burning time through Women’s New Life Movement Weeklyof Central Daily Supplement.In terms of supporting with the Anti-Japanese War, the Women’s New LifeMovement sent a large number of women cadres to form service teams in Hubei,Hunan, Sichuan and other provinces. They expanded kinds of service includingcultural popularization, health care and etc., and created Baxian Work concerningWomen Area in order to grope about a new way of service the people. In places suchas Songgai and Leshan, they bolstered production on cotton and silk products, forrelieving nervous material supply. At the same time, the Women’s New LifeMovement set up48nurseries in15areas, adopted more than20,000war orphans,this action kept hope for the future.In terms of self-liberation, the Women’s New Life Movement organized women’soccupation and constitutional movement with women’s groups, in order to fight forthe right to equal employment and participate. At the same time, they activelyexpanded discussion about “Good Wife and Good Mother”, searching for a balancebetween work and family. Despite weakening the influence of men to women’smovement and making the good performance, there were many problems such aslack of funding and efforts in work.In general, the Women’s New Life Movement went through rising to wandering,then built toward a climax during the Anti-Japanese War, had been basicallyachieved the goal to safeguard national independence. They made considerable effortin the pursuit of women’s liberation. Though the self-independence gave way tonational liberation, feminine right submitted to national interest, the Women’s New Life Movement made progress. Many outstanding Chinese women got exercise andtraining in the movement, the future of Chinese women’s movement became betterand better.