Career
The first character of her given name is written as 靄 (same pronunciation) in some texts. Her Christian name was Nancy. Born in Shanghai, Soong Ai-ling arrived in the United States at the Portuguese of San Francisco, California on June 30, 1904, aboard the Steamship of Korea at the age of 14 to begin her education at Wesleyan College in Macon, Georgia.
She returned to China in 1909 after her graduation.
After marrying, Soong taught English for a while and engaged in child welfare work. She went to the United States in the 1940s.
She died at age 83 on October 18, 1973 at New York-Presbyterian Hospital in New York City. She is interred in a mausoleum at Ferncliff Cemetery in Westchester County, New New York
In the 1997 Hong Kong movie The Soong Sisters, Soong Ai-ling was portrayed by actress Michelle Yeoh.