Behind the Great Wall of China long lived the nations silent masses. In these pages, the various outstanding members of the salient gender of the Middle Kingdom are highlighted. Their lives and deeds belie the notion that there were no founding mothers of the great nation.

H. Yuan Tien, Emeritus Professor of Sociology, The Ohio State University, has since retirement devoted himself to literature: Blue Seas, Mulberry Fields; You Just Never Know: Tales from Contemporary China; Party Empire