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| image = Soong_May-ling_giving_a_special_radio_broadcast.jpgborder | caption = | birth_date = | birth_place =Shanghai, Qing Empire〔The ''New York Times'' gives her place of birth as Shanghai, while the BBC and ''Encyclopædia Britannica'' give it as Wenchang, Hainan island (which was then part of Guangdong Province).〕 | order=First Lady of the Republic of China | term_start= May 20, 1948 | term_end= April 5, 1975 | death_date= | death_place= New York City, New York, U.S. | resting_place = Ferncliff Cemetery, Hartsdale, New York | occupation= First Lady of the Republic of China | president= Chiang Kai-shek | successor= Liu Chi-chun | spouse= Chiang Kai-shek | alma_mater= Wellesley College | children= Chiang Ching-kuo (step-son) Chiang Wei-kuo (adopted) | nationality = Republic of China | party= 22px Kuomintang | otherparty = Republican Party | relations= Charlie Soong (father) and Ni Kwei-tseng (mother) | religion= Methodist | signature= May-ling Soong Chiang Signature.svg}} Soong Mei-ling or Soong May-ling, also known as Madame Chiang Kai-shek or Madame Chiang (; March 5, 1898〔 – October 23, 2003), was a First Lady of the Republic of China (ROC), the wife of Generalissimo and President Chiang Kai-shek. Soong played a prominent role in the politics of the Republic of China and was the sister-in-law of Sun Yat-sen, the founder and the leader of the Republic of China. She was active in the civic life of her country and held many honorary and active positions, including chairman of Fu Jen Catholic University. During the Second Sino-Japanese War she rallied her people against the Japanese invasion and in 1942 conducted a speaking tour of the United States to gain support. She was also the youngest and the last surviving of the three Soong sisters, and the only first lady during World War II who lived into the 21st century. Her life extended into three centuries.〔 ==Biography== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Soong Mei-ling」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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