Shi Liang
Shi Liang was a prominent lawyer and activist of the Republic of China. She was the only woman arrested in what was known as the Seven Gentlemen Incident on the eve of Second [Sino-Japanese War|war with Japan] in 1936. In 1949, she became the first Minister of [Justice (China)|Minister of Justice] of the People's [Republic of China].
Biography
Shi Liang was born in Changzhou, Jiangsu in 1900. She was educated in Shanghai and became a lawyer there. She and another six intellectuals were arrested by Chiang Kai-shek’s government in 1936, in what is known as the Seven Gentlemen Incident.Shi was the first Minister of Justice of the People's Republic of China from 1949 to 1959.