Le Thi Xuyen – First President of the Vietnam Women’s Union

Comrade Le Thi Xuyen, from Dai Hoa commune, Dai Loc district, was born in 1909. After completing elementary school, Hoi An girls’ school and Dong Khanh girls’ school (Hue). In 1928, she graduated from Thanh Chung and passed her pedagogy degree Thi Xuyen was the first woman in Quang Nam to receive that degree and was retained as a teacher at Dong Khanh School.

At the end of 1928, Le Thi Xuyen married Phan Thanh – a revolutionary intellectual. Famous for Bao Annay village, Dien Quang commune, Dien Ban district. At this time, Phan Thanh was teaching in Hanoi; After that, Le Thi Xuyen moved to Hanoi to live with her husband and continued to teach at private schools Sung Duc Hoai Duc (girls’ school) and Thang Long school (boys’ school) and also worked as her husband’s assistant in business management. of Thang Long school. The house number 165A Henri D’Orle’ans Street (Duong Thanh) of the couple Xuyen – Thanh was the contact point of the Indochina Communist Party. This was a frequent place for the Party leaders at that time. such as Truong Chinh, Phan Dang Luu, Vo Nguyen Giap, Tran Huy Lieu, Dang Thai Mai… Meetings also took place to discuss the establishment of the National Language Propagation Association to campaign for the election of Phan Thanh to the Central States House of Representatives (term III) and the Economic Council. – Indochina Li Tai…

One of the tasks set for patriots at this time is to fight illiteracy for the people. To meet that requirement, in 1938 the National Language Propagation Association was established. Although not on the Founding Board and leadership of the Association, Le Thi Xuyen actively participates in the Association’s work and is assigned the duties of secretary, treasurer, fundraising campaign, and inspection of classes in Hanoi and is not currently a member of the Association. A party member does not belong to any Party organization, but he understands that he is part of the revolutionary machine. Everything he does serves the great cause of the country and the nation.

After Phan Thanh passed away, he was alone. Raising two young children and being far away from both families, Le Thi Xuyen had to go through difficult and strenuous days. Once again, the strength and sense of independence helped this Quang Nam woman far from home overcome life’s obstacles. Many times Le Thi Xuyen was seriously ill and thought she would not survive. Whenever her health was stable, she actively taught, became treasurer for Thang Long School and participated in activities to spread the National Language. The house at 165 Apho Henri D’Orle’ans is still the contact and working place of many revolutionary soldiers.

In May 1945, Le Thi Xuyen decided to bring her whole family back to her hometown of Quang Nam. . Following the instructions of comrade Truong Chinh – General Secretary of the Party, comrade Tran Quoc Huong (Muoi Huong) came to meet Le Thi Xuyen and asked to transfer a number of documents: Instructions on Japan and France to shoot each other and our actions; Declaration of the Viet Minh Front; Ten policies of the Viet Minh Front; Vietnamese cultural outline… about Quang Nam. These documents were then transferred by the family to the Viet Minh Front of Quang Nam province (Tran Cao Van Front) to be printed and sent to the Viet Minh Front of districts in the province. During the boiling days of the August revolution, Le Thi Xuyen enthusiastically participated in the uprising to seize power in Bao An village, Dien Ban district. After the successful uprising, he was appointed member of the Provisional Revolutionary People’s Committee of Bao An commune in charge of social relief. After the revolution, our Party advocates changing the composition of the Revolutionary People’s Committees at all levels in the direction of expanding the acceptance of progressive intellectuals into local State management agencies. Le Thi Xuyen is one of the intellectuals invited by the Central People’s Revolutionary Committee to join the Central government apparatus and was appointed to hold the position of Member of the Central Central People’s Revolutionary Committee in charge of the Social Relief Department.

In January 1946, Le Thi Xuyen was nominated by the Viet Minh Front of Quang Nam province to run for the first National Assembly (1946-1960) and was elected with a high number of votes, becoming one of 15 delegates. The first National Assembly of Quang Nam province and one of the first ten women in the country to be elected as National Assembly deputies. Elected to the National Assembly, Le Thi Xuyen returned to Hanoi and at the first session of the 1st National Assembly was the only female delegate elected to the National Assembly Standing Committee in charge of the National Assembly’s Social and Cultural Committee. After that, Le Thi Xuyen continuously served as a National Assembly delegate for the IIIIIIVV terms and was also elected as a member of the Standing Committee for the IVV terms; Member of the National Assembly’s Cultural and Social Committee.

In the context of internal and external enemies frantically opposing the Party and President Ho Chi Minh’s policy of urgently establishing a United Front to unite the people ethnic group to form a powerful force to fight against the plot to divide the Vietnamese people. The Lien Viet Front – the predecessor of the Fatherland Front was established. Le Thi Xuyen was appointed to the Standing Committee of the Front. Following the Party’s direction, Le Thi Xuyen and a number of intellectuals and civil servants with a national spirit established the Vietnam Socialist Party. At that time, the Women’s Union for National Salvation was active but only attracted women who were workers and farmers, but had not yet gathered a large number of educated women, petty bourgeoisie, small landowners, and religious women into a strong and widespread force for unity. Women from all walks of life fight to protect the achievements of the revolution and liberate themselves. Therefore, in mid-1946, Le Thi Xuyen and Ms. Nguyen Khoa Dieu Hong were assigned by the Party to participate in the Campaign Committee to found the Vietnam Women’s Union in order to expand the group of underrepresented women into the Women’s Union for National Salvation. The Women’s Union for National Salvation will be the core force of the women’s movement and the Vietnam Women’s Union will be an important part of the Lien Viet Front.

In the name of Mrs. Phan Thanh, the widow of a revolutionary soldier, and in the name of a member of the National Assembly Standing Committee and a member of the Standing Committee of the Lien Viet Front, comrades infiltrated sub-groups. women to unite and gather typical women from all walks of life and together with professional women officials to organize a Congress to establish the Women’s Union.

After a period of preparation17095The Union Vietnamese Women’s Union launched at Hanoi Opera House Square. Comrade Le Thi Xuyen was appointed interim President of the Vietnam Women’s Union, opening a period of great solidarity of all classes of Vietnamese women ready to participate. on the mission of fighting the enemy to save the country. With the above positive activities, 17368 Le Thi Xuyen was honored to join the ranks of the Indochina Communist Party. Due to being challenged in practical activities, the day he was admitted to the Party was also the day he became an official member of the Party. In August 1948, he joined the Delegation

In April 1950, at the first National Women’s Congress, the Women’s Union for National Salvation was merged into the Vietnam Women’s Union into a single political organization. of all classes of Vietnamese women. Comrade Le Thi Xuyen was appointed as President. In addition to her duties in the National Assembly, in the Vietnam Women’s Union, comrade Le Thi Xuyen was also a member of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee (1946 – 1977); Vice Chairman of the Vietnam Committee for the Protection of World Peace (1952 – 1976); Member of the Asia-Africa Solidarity Committee (1958 – 1988); Member of the Presidium of the Committee for Solidarity and Friendship with Other Countries (1977 – 1983); … comrade was also the Director of the Vietnam Women’s Newspaper in the first years of its establishment and was in charge of the Women’s Publishing House for a time.

From a patriotic teacher to a party leader. Members of the Communist Party of Vietnam are trusted to hold many important positions in the system of state apparatus and organizations from local to central levels. In particular, he is one of the first and longest-serving leaders (32 years) of the Vietnam Women’s Union since the merger of women’s organizations into the Women’s Union. Vietnam.

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Propaganda Department of Quang Nam Provincial Party Committee

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