刘王立明与民国时期中国妇女节制运动

LIU Wang Liming and Women's Abstinence Movement in the Republic of China

刘王立明是民国时期中国节制运动的一位领袖,不仅身体力行地追寻着女性的自主与独立,而且将其作为参与、组织妇女运动的重要内容。她在参与、领导民国时期中国妇女节制运动的过程中,注重保障女性的基本生活,培养其生存能力,促进女性群体的成长。刘王立明认为家庭是国家的基础,女性是家庭的柱石,因此主张,首先,应该承认女性在家庭中劳动的价值;其次,女性自身也应担负起对家庭的责任。构建快乐家庭,也是刘王立明的理想之一。

As the leading figure in Women s Abstinence Movement in the Republic of China, LIU Wang Liming not only sought for freedom and independence herself, but also made it a major part of organizing the women s movement. To her mind, a family was the basic unit of a nation, and women were the mainstay of a family. Therefore she held that the women s labor should be valued and women should shoulder their responsibility for their family. It was also one of Liu s dreams to build a happy family.