In 1937, when the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression broke out, many progressives actively participated in the anti-Japanese salvation movement at a critical moment for the survival of the country and the nation. It is worth mentioning that in Tianjin at that time, there was a pioneer of women's liberation who sent his four children to the front line of the anti-Japanese war, contributing to the victory of the anti-Japanese war.
This great mother is Dong Jieru. Dong Jieru was born in 1893 in Tianjin, in a wealthy merchant family. When she was a teenager, Dong Jieru received one of the few women's education at that time and entered Beiyang Women's Normal School. With the extensive reading of progressive books, she not only realized the weakness and incompetence of the Qing government, but also began to care about the future and destiny of the country, and actively explored the way to save the country and the people.
Dong Jieru's three relatives were the earliest Marxists in the mainland, they were all close comrades-in-arms of Li Dazhao and sacrificed their lives for the revolution, these three people are Dong Jigao, he is Dong Jieru's uncle, who served as the head of the military movement of the Shunzhi Provincial Party Committee during the revolutionary period; There is also an An Xingsheng, who is the husband of Dong Jieru's cousin Dong Xinru, who served as a member of the Shunzhi Provincial Party Committee; Another is Wang Hebo, a pioneer of the mainland workers' movement and a relative of Dong Jie, who was the secretary of the Shunzhi Provincial Party Committee at the time of his arrest.
During the revolutionary period, Dong Jieru covered the relevant activities of the organization many times, and protected a group of underground party members as much as he could. During this period, Dong Jieru was also influenced by progressive ideas and actively participated in various anti-imperialist and anti-feudal progressive movements, especially in the emancipation of women, she did a lot of work, and was a pioneer in the emancipation of women in the mainland.
In 1937, the Anti-Japanese War broke out, and although Dong Jieru was a woman, she had the courage to not let her eyebrows go. During that period, she not only actively carried out anti-Japanese propaganda among the vast number of women, but also sent her four children to Yan'an and to the Jinchaji base area, so that they could join the anti-Japanese salvation movement and contribute to the salvation of the country and the nation.
During the War of Liberation, Dong Jieru continued to cover many underground workers of our party and kept many important documents for the organization. In addition, Dong Jieru has been engaged in women's liberation work for a long time, and during the war, many children were displaced, and Dong Jieru did her best to provide a living place for these children. At the same time, Dong Jieru also took in the orphans of many martyrs, which is the predecessor of "Jieru Nursery School".
After the peaceful liberation of Beiping, many cadres who went to work in the city had no time to take care of their children because of their busy work, Dong Jieru also gathered these children, and in August 1949, she took out the private house and savings of the old criminal department street in Xidan, and officially founded the Jieru Nursery School. After that, Dong Jieru devoted herself to the construction of the nursery school, not only taking in many children, but also eliminating the worries of the cadres who entered the city. After entering the 21st century, the Jie Ru Nursery School was changed to the Jie Ru Kindergarten and continued to play its due role.
In addition, after the founding of the People's Republic of China, Dong Jieru also actively participated in political deliberations, and she successively served as a deputy to the Beijing Municipal People's Congress and a member of the Beijing Municipal Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, and did a lot of work in protecting the rights and interests of women and children, and made positive contributions. In 1972, Dong Jieru died of illness in Beijing at the age of 79.
It is worth mentioning that under Dong Jieru's education, Dong Jieru's children have all grown up to be useful to society, and one of her sons, Wang Guangying, is an outstanding representative of modern national industrialists and businessmen on the mainland, and has served as vice chairman of the Tianjin Municipal People's Political Consultative Conference and vice chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress. In addition, Dong Jieru's son-in-law is even more famous, her son-in-law is Comrade Shaoqi, that is, Wang Guangmei's husband, and the official is at the national level.