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Since as early as the 7th century B.C., women in China have been permitted to hold positions of power and even lead in prominent positions as national figureheads. Unfortunately, no level of leadership, education or social prominence for women could change the patriarchal nature of traditional Chinese society. From the early Han Dynasty to the last of the Chinese dynasties, the Ch'ing Dynasty (17th-early 20th centuries) women have played significant and defining roles in the political structure of China, though these roles have been defined by the death of their husbands and their circumstances rather than by the social acceptability of female leaders in Chinese society. This 5 page paper reflects the lives of a number of prominent women in Chinese history, including Ban Zhao of the Han dynasty, Song Ruoxin of the Tang, Empress Wu Zeitan of the Zhou Dynasty, and Tzu-Hsi, dowager Empress of the Ch'ing Dynasty and defines the impact of the patriarchal definitions in determining their impact on history. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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positions as national figureheads. Unfortunately, no level of leadership, education or social prominence for women could change the patriarchal nature of traditional Chinese society(Perry 279). From the early
Han Dynasty to the last of the Chinese dynasties, the Ching Dynasty (17th-early 20th centuries) women have played significant and defining roles in the political structure of China, though these
roles have been defined by the death of their husbands and their circumstances rather than by the social acceptability of female leaders in Chinese society. The subjugation of
women to men in the patriarchal design of traditional Chinese society suggests that the historical perspective on the actual role of some women, including Ban Zhao of the Han dynasty,
Song Ruoxin of the Tang, Empress Wu Zeitan of the Zhou Dynasty, and Tzu-Hsi, dowager Empress of the Ching Dynasty, may overemphasize the role that these women could play based
on the definition of the traditional role of women. In her book Daughter of Han, Ida Pruitt considers exactly this argument, but presents it through a view
of the last of the Chinese dynasties, the Ching, and the role that women played as mothers, servants, and leaders, even reflecting upon local leadership and the definition of matriarchal
social segments. Through the views of Ning Lao Tai-tai, Pruitt is able to reflect upon two seemingly conflicting societal views: that women must be subjugated to men (and
therefore treated at times like either possessions or servants), while also maintaining that women are a central component in Chinese families, in the structure of the Chinese home, in maintaining
the customs of the Chinese communities, and in providing healing, wisdom and sometimes telling the future (Pruitt 123; Kang and Shan 56). The reflections that Pruitt provided in
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