宋蔼龄
At an early age, Madame Kung went to the United States to pursue her studies and graduated from the Wesleyan College of Georgia. She was the first Chinese woman to be sent by her parents to study in America, which bespeaks her parents' foresight and ideals in giving high, modern education to China's womanhood. Her beautiful command of English makes it almost her second mother-tongue.
Kung H. H. was a famous public activist. When the Apostalic Faith Mission Church in Zhabei, originally built by her mother, was burned during the Sino-Japanese War in Shanghai, she undertook to rebuild it in memory of her mother.
Like her parents, Madame Kung was a follower of the Christian faith.
A woman of rare intellect and great vitality, Madame Kung was counted among the foremost leaders in China's modern womanhood. She is one of the few who have the larger views of the affairs of China and the world, and was helping in an important though quiet way in the reconstruction of the nation. Her opinion was widely sought and highly respected by the leaders of the country. Yet, despite all this, she was a most unassuming and congenial character.
Madame Kung had a large circle of friends both in China and abroad. A gracious hostess, she entertained generously at their home on Route de Sieyes, Shanghai, where many internationally known personages enjoyed her hospitality. Yet, notwithstanding her position, she led a very simple private life.
Believing in the social application of Christian principles, she takes great interest in and contributes generously though often annonymously to Christian works.
Madame Kung was a charming and devoted mother of four children, two boys and two girls. In spite of the demand on her time for social obligations and other activities, she devoted much time and energy to the bringing up of her children.
