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Ruthy Tu

Ruthy Tu

British-trained Chinese 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]

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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]

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  1. [1]
    Sims 1994, p. 15.
  2. [2]
    Gully 2007, p. 352.
  3. [3]
    "First Licensed Female Pilots (per country) - Women in Aviation & Space History". Centennialofwomenpilots.com. Retrieved 2020-03-02.
  4. [4]
    Shayler, David J.; Moule, Ian A. (2005). Women in space—following Valentina. Berlin: Springer. p. 23. ISBN 978-1-84628-078-8.
  5. [5]
    Baháʼí Library Online 2010.
  6. [6]
    Sims 1994, pp. 15, 18, 20.

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