Liang Jun (tractor driver)

Liang Jun (Chinese: 梁军)[1] (April 1930[2][3] — 14 January 2020) was a Chinese female tractor driver. She became a folk hero and model worker in Communist China. She is on China's one yuan banknote. She also was a politician. She was also celebrated for breaking down class and gender barriers.[4]

Liang Jun
梁军
Liang graduating from the Beijing Agricultural Machinery Academy in 1957
BornApril 1930
Mingshui County, Heilongjiang Province, China
Died14 January 2020 (aged 89)
Harbin, Heilongjiang Province, China
Known forChina's first female tractor driver

References
  1. "Liang Jun 梁军 (Biographical details)". British Museum. Retrieved 15 January 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. "这位妇女形象被印在人民币上，四十多年后，她才知道那个人是自己 - 热备资讯". Archived from the original on 2020-02-02. Retrieved 2020-04-27.
  3. "一元人民币上的高颜值美女是谁？梁军个人资料为什么能上一元人民币_国内新闻_国内频道_新闻中心_海峡网".
  4. "Tractor 'heroine' immortalised on banknote dies". BBC. 15 January 2020. Retrieved 16 January 2020.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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