User:Librarycasti4/Kwon Ki-Ok
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Kwon Ki-Ok was a Korean activist, aviator, and winner of the Merit for National Foundation. Ki-Ok was born in Pyongyang, South Pyongan on Jan,11th 1901.
Early Life[change | change source]
Ki-Ok joined a secret society that wanted Korean independence called "송죽회”.[1] Kwon played a big role in the March. 1 Movement by secretly copying the Korean anthem.[1] Ki-Ok was caught giving Kim Jae-Duk a pistol and was sentenced to jail for 6 months.[1] She went to Shanghai, China after her release for Hongdo Girl's Middle School and later went to Unnam Military School.[1]
Career[change | change source]
She learned to fly a plane in under 9 hours at Unnam Military Aviation School.[1] Japanese authorities attempted to have her assassinated by paying a Korean male peer but failed.[1] Ki-Ok continued to be a pilot for 10 more years at the Chinese Air Force.[1] Ki-Ok returned to Korea in 1949 and became the first female publisher in 1966.[1] Kwon received a presidential citation in 1968, and Order of Merit for the National Foundation, National Medal in 1977.[1] She died on April 19, 1988.[1]