Trần, Lệ Xuân, 1924-2011

LC control no.	n 91008185
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	Trần, Lệ Xuân, 1924-2011 *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	Trần Lệ Xuân, 1924-2011 Ngo-dinh-Nhu, Mme., 1924- Ngô, Đình Nhu, Mme., 1924-2011 Nhu, Madame, 1924-2011
Associated country	Vietnam
Birth date	1924
Death date	20110424
Profession or occupation	Politicians' spouses
Found in	Hoàng, Trọng Miên. Đệ nhất phu nhân, 1988: v. 1, p. 5 (Trần Lệ Xuân) LC manual auth. cd.: (subj.: Ngo-dinh-nhu, Mme., 1924-) New York times WWW site, Apr. 27, 2011 (in obituary published Apr. 26: Madame Nhu; b. Tran Le Xuan, 1924 [the date is uncertain, though some sources say Apr. 15]; m. Ngo Dinh Nhu, brother of Ngo Dinh Diem, 1943; formally known as Madame Ngo Dinh Nhu; d. Sunday [Apr. 24, 2011], Rome, believed to be 87; as the glamorous official hostess in South Vietnam's presidential palace, she became a politically powerful and often harshly outspoken figure in the early years of the Vietnam War)