Park Hyun-sook

Park Hyun-sook (Korean: 박현숙, 17 October 1896 – 30 January 1981) was a South Korean independence activist and politician. In 1946 she was one of the four women who were appointed to the Interim Legislative Assembly, becoming South Korea's first female legislators.[1] She later served in the National Assembly.

Park Hyun-sook
Member of the National Assembly
In office
1958–1960
In office
1963–1967
Member of the Interim Legislative Assembly
In office
1946–1948
Personal details
Born17 October 1896
Seoul, Korea
Died30 January 1981(1981-01-30) (aged 84)
Park Hyun-sook
Hangul
박현숙
Hanja
朴賢淑
McCune–ReischauerPark Hyun-sook

Biography

Born in Seoul in 1896, Park was educated at Soongeui Girl's High School in Pyongyang.[2]

Following the end of World War II, the United States Army Military Government established an Interim Legislative Assembly with 90 members; 45 elected and 45 appointed by Military Governor John R. Hodge. Although women were unable to vote in the election, Hodge appointed four women, including Park, who was a member of the Korea Women's National Party.[3][4] She was later elected to the National Assembly as a representative of the Liberal Party in 1958.[3] She lost her seat in the 1960 elections, but in the 1963 elections she was elected as a representative of the Democratic Republican Party.[2]

She died in January 1981.[2]

References
  1. Soo Ja Kim (2016) 남조선과도입법의원 여성의원의 입법 활동(1946-1948): `여성의원 특별취급안`을 중심으로
  2. 박현숙(朴賢淑) ROKPS
  3. 해방정국 1호 여성 법안은 ‘공창제 폐지’였다 Women's News, 30 May 2019
  4. Shin Bok-ryong (2008) The Politics of Separation of the Korean Peninsula, 1943-1953, p229
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