Editing Annette Lu (section)

==Rise in politics==
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During the 1970s, Lu established herself as a prominent [[Feminism in Taiwan|feminist advocate in Taiwan]], which included writing of ''New Feminism'' or ''Xin Nüxing Zhuyi'' ({{lang|zh-Hant|新女性主義}}). She renounced her KMT membership,<ref>{{cite news |title=KMT: DPP heavyweights were once members |url=https://chinapost.nownews.com/20070303-129962 |access-date=1 June 2018 |work=China Post |date=3 March 2007}}</ref> joined the [[tangwai movement]], and worked in the staff of ''[[Formosa Magazine]]''. Lu then became increasingly active in the movement, calling for democracy and an end to authoritarian rule.

In 1979, Lu delivered a 20-minute speech criticizing the government at an [[International Human Rights Day]] rally that later became known as the [[Kaohsiung Incident]]. Following this rally, virtually the entire leadership of Taiwan's democracy movement, including Lu, was imprisoned. She was tried, found guilty of violent sedition, and sentenced by a military court to 12 years in prison. She was named by [[Amnesty International]] as a [[prisoner of conscience]], and, due to international pressure, coupled with the work of [[Ma Ying-jeou]] and [[Jerome A. Cohen]], was released in 1985, after approximately five and a half years in jail.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/755754.stm|title=Taiwan's top woman|author=Emma Batha|date=19 May 2000|work=BBC News|access-date=22 January 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Stockman |first1=Farah |title=How a Harvard rivalry changed Taiwan |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/2012/07/03/how-harvard-rivalry-changed-taiwan/FVBW05iJno6fTa8HkzpgHM/story.html |access-date=1 June 2018 |work=Boston Globe |date=3 July 2012}}</ref>

In the 1990s, Lu worked to have Taiwan reenter the United Nations, not under the name "Republic of China" but as "Taiwan".<ref name="Rubenstein">{{cite book|title=Taiwan: A New History|page=438}}</ref>

===Elected offices===
Lu joined the [[Democratic Progressive Party]] in November 1990,<ref>{{cite news |last1=Yeh |first1=Su-ping |last2=Liu |first2=Kuan-lin |title=Former VP Lu says 'bye, bye' to DPP |url=http://focustaiwan.tw/news/aipl/201805300029.aspx |access-date=1 June 2018 |agency=Central News Agency |date=30 May 2018}}</ref> and was elected to the [[Legislative Yuan]] in 1992.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Gargan |first1=Edward A. |title=Taipei Journal; A Feminist's Work Is Never Done |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/07/04/world/taipei-journal-a-feminist-s-work-is-never-done.html |work=New York Times |date=4 July 1994}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Tang |first1=Wen-hui Anna |last2=Teng |first2=Emma J. |title=Looking again at Taiwan's Lü Hsiu-lien: A female vice president or a feminist vice president? |journal=Women's Studies International Forum |date=May–June 2016 |volume=56 |pages=92–102 |doi=10.1016/j.wsif.2016.01.006 |doi-access=free |hdl=1721.1/111954 |hdl-access=free }}</ref> In 1997, she won an election to be the [[Mayor of Taoyuan|Magistrate]] of her hometown of [[Taoyuan City|Taoyuan]],<ref>{{cite news |title=Special election set for Taoyuan magistrate |url=https://taiwaninfo.nat.gov.tw/fp.asp?xItem=14812&CtNode=103 |access-date=1 June 2018 |work=Taiwan Today |date=February 1997 }}{{Dead link|date=September 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Ruling Resumes |url=https://taiwantoday.tw/print.php?unit=4,29,31,45&post=4045 |access-date=1 June 2018 |work=Taiwan Today |date=1 May 2000}}</ref> a post she held until Chen Shui-bian selected her as his running mate in the 2000 presidential elections.