Ruthy Tu

British-trained Chinese aviator

Ruthy Tu
杜光照
Ruthy Tu, 1955 in Taiwan
Died	1969
Nationality	Chinese
Other names	Tu Guan-chiao
Occupation	aviator

Ruthy Tu (Chinese: 杜光照; pinyin: Dù Guāngzhào; ?-1969, also known as Tu Guan-chiao or Rosie Du)^[1] was a British-trained Chinese aviator who was one of the most prominent Chinese fliers in the 1930s.^[2] In 1932, she became the first Chinese woman to earn a pilot's license^[3]^[2] and the first woman to join the Chinese Army as a pilot.^[4]

Tu later moved to Taiwan and became the first woman in that country to join the Baháʼí Faith in 1952, along with two men.^[5] She was active in the Baháʼí Assembly in Taiwan until her death in 1969.^[6]

References

Citations

^ Sims 1994, p. 15.
^ ^a ^b Gully 2007, p. 352.
^ "First Licensed Female Pilots (per country) - Women in Aviation & Space History". Centennialofwomenpilots.com. Retrieved 2020-03-02.
^ Shayler, David J.; Moule, Ian A. (2005). Women in space—following Valentina. Berlin: Springer. p. 23. ISBN 978-1-84628-078-8.
^ Baháʼí Library Online 2010.
^ Sims 1994, pp. 15, 18, 20.

Bibliography

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Sims, Barbara R. (1994). Taiwan Baháʼí Chronicle: An Historical Record of the Early Days of the Baháʼí Faith in Taiwan. Tokyo, Japan: Baha'i Publishing Trust of Taiwan. OCLC 47443603. Archived from the original on 2 January 2017.
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