After World War II, the elevated political environment and social status of the women’s participation in politics were executed from announcing the implement of martial law to abolishing it. Influenced by the popularization of education, the acceleration of urbanization, the alteration of occupational structure, the quickness of information communication, the social status of Taiwanese women show self-awareness and consciousness of participation in politics are changed. Therefore, this thesis’ major subject is focuses on Taiwanese women’s participation in politics. By way of the process and status of play of two female’s political participation in central and regional election of staffs serving for public employment, analyses were conducted regarding three aspects: campaigns of women’s participation in politics and elections during the early pre-WWII and post-WWII, the period of martial laws, and the duration of abolishing martial laws. Based on the extents of Taiwanese women’s participation in elections during the period of political development, attitudes of post-WWII, Taiwanese women toward politics have been shifted from indifference to active participation. Both Taiwanese women’s contributions to post-WWII political development in Taiwan and the promotion of their social statuses represent transitions among different eras, including formations of culture of gender and politics, gender and parties, local and political families, and so on. Not only does women’s participation in politics spring up in every central and regional election, but also they infuse new power into the post-WWII political development in Taiwan.
In this thesis, I will focus on the entire environment and background of women’s participation in politics, Shi-Xian Hsu and Yue-Jiao Su-Hong, the two female politicians, were participants in the comparative study. Their political motives, beliefs, and styles were analyzed in order to understand types and political shapes of post-WWII Taiwanese women’s participation in politics. This thesis is a case study for Shi-Xian Hsu and Yue-Jiao Su-Hong which hope to realize the personal progress of striving for women’s participation in politics. First, they are the representative of political families of women’s participation in politics. Secondly, these two females’ political career and development, for example styles of inquisitions into politics with respect to interpellations of proposals during the period of bureaucratic assemblies. Thirdly, during the generation of party-state authoritarianism, the two politicians whose identities are not belonged to the party endeavored to form parties. Finally, by means of presentations of speech with regard to interpellations of women’s cases, the shapes of individual argument for politics, political shift of Taiwanese assemblies and development of forming other parties.
Because Shi-Xian Hsu and Yue-Jiao Su-Hong as the two female politicians, have plenty of electing experiences and political participation, show attitudes toward women’s political participation and political beliefs. In addition, respective and personal experiences in the “228 Incident” and “Political Case of Dung-Chi Shu”, both of these two females had influences on taking part in future campaigns of elections with the identity of other parties. From local elections to central elections, from elections of representatives to chief executives, the switch of both female politicians’ roads of political participation reveals the attitudes toward to women’s active participation in elections and politics. As to the management of local and political families, they respectively use political charisma formed in regions to build the basis of local wills of citizenry, individually standing for “Hsu Family” and “Su Family” as the two local and political forces in Jia-Yi and Yun-Lin cities. They raised the second generation as the successors of the political families. Both the forming political families and the local forces foundations can be explained the women’s participation in politics.