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]
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