Park Hyun-sook (Korean: 박현숙, 17 October 1896 – 30 January 1981) was a South Korean independence activist and politician. In 1946 she was one of the four women who were appointed to the Interim Legislative Assembly [ko], becoming South Korea's first female legislators.[1] She later served in the National Assembly.
Biography
Born in Seoul in 1896, Park was educated at Soongeui Girl's High School in Pyongyang.[2]
Following the end of World War II, the United States Army Military Government established an Interim Legislative Assembly with 90 members; 45 elected and 45 appointed by Military Governor John R. Hodge. Although women were unable to vote in the election, Hodge appointed four women, including Park, who was a member of the Korea Women's National Party [ko].[3][4] She was later elected to the National Assembly as a representative of the Liberal Party in 1958.[3] She lost her seat in the 1960 elections, but in the 1963 elections she was elected as a representative of the Democratic Republican Party.[2]