Heo Jong-suk

This is a Korean name; the family name is Heo.
Heo Jong-suk

Heo Jongsuk, 1930
Korean name
Hangul 허정숙
Hanja 許貞淑
Revised Romanization Heo Jong-suk
McCune–Reischauer Heo Jong-suk
Courtesy name
Hangul 정자
Hanja 貞子
Revised Romanization Jong-ja
McCune–Reischauer Jong-ja

Heo Jong-suk (korean: 허정숙, hanja: 許貞淑, July 16, 1908 – June 5, 1991) was a Korean independence activist and writer, Journalist, Communism activist, feminist, sex positive activist. Her real name was Jongja (정자;貞子).[1]

She was a member of Singanhoe, Geunwoohoe and a founding member of Joseon Communist Party and also an early Korean feminism activist and sex positive activist.

Life

In her early years, Heo went to Japan to study in Gansai School in Tokyo. She later left and in her next years Heo went to China where she was given an entrance to Sanghai Forigen High School where she graduated.[2] Later she returned to her country. In 1921, she participated in the Feminist Movement and joined Korean Communist Party.

At that time, Japanese Government-General of Korea decided to make the Communist Party illegal. She avoided persecution for participation in the Communist Party. Later in 1924, she was introduced to International Women's Day, on March 1925, she went to Women's Day event in Seoul. In 1927 she was a founding member of Geunwoohoi(근우회) and also participated to Singanhoe(신간회).[3]

Heo also was in favor of "unrelated Love and Sex". Her opinion was denounced in Korean society because at that time, the vestiges of fundamentalist Confucianism remained in the Koreas.

In 1936, she went to China where she participated in the National revolution Party(조선민족혁명당).[2] In 1938, she went to Heobai, participated in Chosen Independence alliance(조선독립동맹), an Anti-Japanese Korean resistance Group.[2] In 1945, she went to Seoul but she left for North Korea to avoid right wing terrorism. In 1948 she participated in the North Korean Government.

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References

  1. ↑ Heo Jong-suk (Korean)
  2. 1 2 3 Heo Jong-suk (Korean)
  3. ↑ Heo Jong-suk
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