| LC control no. | n 79110132 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| LC classification | PL2841.5.N3 |
| Personal name heading | Chennault, Anna |
| Variant(s) | Chan, Anna Chen, Xiangmei Chʻen, Hsiang-mei 陳香梅 陈香梅 Chan, Sheng Mai |
| Located | Washington (D.C.) |
| Birth date | 1925-06-23 1923-06-25 |
| Death date | 2018-03-30 |
| Place of birth | Beijing (China) |
| Place of death | Washington (D.C.) |
| Profession or occupation | Journalist Writer |
| Special note | Machine-derived non-Latin script reference project. Non-Latin script references not evaluated. Non-Latin script references reviewed in NACO CJK Funnel References Project. |
| Found in | Her Chennault, C. L.: Chui i chʻü, 1961. Chʻen Hsiang-mei chuan, 1995: t.p. (陈香梅 = Chʻen Hsiang-mei) p. 15, etc. (b. 5-5-1925 [Chinese calendar] in Peking; widow of General Chennault; journalist, writer, political socialite in USA) Info. converted from 678, 2012-10-02 (b. 6/23/25) Washington post WWW site, viewed April 3, 2018 (Anna Chennault, a Chinese-born writer and business executive who married a storied American general and became a Washington hostess, Republican Party activist and secret emissary for candidate Richard M. Nixon during the 1968 presidential campaign, died March 30 [2018] at her home in Washington; she was 94; her marriage to the Maj. Gen. Claire L. Chennault put Mrs. Chennault at the center of Asian and U.S. diplomatic, military and commercial circles, and she became a leading figure in the "China lobby," supporting the efforts of nationalist leader Chiang Kai-shek to establish an anti-communist government on Taiwan in opposition to Mao Zedong's People's Republic of China; after her husband's death in 1958, Mrs. Chennault settled in Washington; Chen Xiangmei was born June 25, 1923, in Beijing; her date of birth is usually given as 1925, but her daughter confirmed that she was two years older than often reported; her name, formerly transliterated as Chan Sheng Mai, means Plum Blossom) OCLC #52798740, November 18, 2019 (usage: 陈香梅 = Chen, Xiangmei) |
| Associated language | chi eng |
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