Liang Jun (tractor driver)

Liang Jun (Chinese: 梁军)[1] (April 1930[2][3] — 14 January 2020) was a Chinese 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 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

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