Google honors the first female newspaper editor in Vietnam

Born in 1864 in the southern province of Ben Tre, she began writing under the name Sung Nguyet Anh for the newspaper Nu Giu Chung (Women’s Bell), which she founded in 1918, on the role of women in Vietnamese culture and society.

The daughter of the famous poet and teacher Nguyen Dinh Chiu, from an early age she began writing poetry and at the age of 24, when her father died, she took over teaching duties at the school with her brother.

The VN Express International news service reported that the self-described “widow Nguyet Anh” is remembered for her intellect, brilliant personality, resilience in the face of adversity, and pioneering work as a writer and editor who showed the way for generations to come.

In statements amplified by this post, the author of the doodle, American artist Camellia Pham, revealed that she was greatly inspired by the poems Suong Nguyet Anh wrote in response to several men’s confessions of love for her.

I tried to find visual symbols in one of his most famous poems, Containing Apricot Blossoms, to include in the illustration, and mixed a flat graphic style with retro colors to create a nostalgic feel while still being modern, he explained.

In Pham’s opinion, the journalist honored today by Google “was a feminist before the term ‘feminist’ really existed, trying desperately to break the glass ceiling by having her own women’s newspaper.”

Today, many streets in the south of Ho Chi Minh City and in the tourist cities of Da Lat and Vung Tau bear the name of Song Nguyet Anh.

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