Female Consciousness: The Awakening From Slumber

As the inherent dynamic of the participation of women in political life, female consciousness is deep psychological factors in the process of the women's liberation, a sure that women affirmed self-worth, a recognition and a pursuit that of self-liberation in the expansion of political space for survival. In more than 2,000 years of Chinese feudal society, women were deprived of political rights and women's thoughts and actions were closely bound, so they had lowly political status, lack of initiative and the main sense. Until modern times, with the Western feminist theory imported, female consciousness was gradually awakening from the slumber that was Chinese women seeking equality between men and women, freedom and democracy. Thus, modern Chinese women had opened a new chapter in political life.To the female political life of the city in Republic of China for the study, this paper uses the theory and method of History, Sociology and Women's Studies, and from the feminist position, it focuses on the process of awakening from the slumber of the female consciousness that is on the basis of fully affirming the dynamic role of women. The purpose of this paper is to better understand history of Mind of Chinese female emancipation, so we can learn from the experiences of history, promote female consciousness and promote China's democratic construction and construction of a harmonious society of gender.This article pointed in five aspects to study the political life of women in the city of the Republic of China. The first part briefly discussed the political survival of women with the problem of female consciousness. From the two sides that were both conditions on women's living space in the political field in traditional society and the ideological and cultural trends of promotion of women's liberation in modern China, article revealed the social and historical background of the participation of women in political life in Republic of China. The second part focused on women's political participation in activities in the period of Republic of China. Campaign launched by politicians, women actively seek right of political participation, in order to achieve equal rights between men and women; women into the political elite circles, playing an active role in politics Rapporteur, and offer advice and suggestions for the community; women had also made efforts to promote democracy meeting to be held and run shouting to create a democratic political and social environment. The third part focused on the state that is female association and participation in women's organizations. Through the formation of various social groups, team work and promote social progress; women joined organizations of political parties, with a more explicit political pursuit; to achieve the unity of the Anti-Japanese War period, all sectors of women formed the anti-Japanese national united front, for the common cause of national liberation struggle. Part IV described women to join the cause of political change. They achieved their own social values to a certain extent through advocating their revolutionary ideology, raising unpaid, offering field services and other ways. On the basis of a comprehensive study on the political life of women in Republic of China, the fifth part of the article summed up the performance of awakening female consciousness and pointed out that the limitations of the awakening of female consciousness.The awakening of female consciousness includes the awakening of self-awareness and the awakening of conscious sense of liberation. Both the awakening of consciousness is mutual promotion and mutual influence. It was their positive performance of the awakening of self-awareness that women in Republic of China broke spiritual shackles that closed and ignorance of women in the feudal society and opened to join the political life. In the process of women's political practice, women combined women's liberation with national liberation and combined the change of their own destiny with the improvement of the status of women and the transformation of the entire social order. This was the real awakening of conscious awareness of the liberation of women. Only in the case, women can get the true sense of spiritual liberation, lift the yoke of hearts and develop comprehensively and freely.