Inscription for the First Congress of the Women’s Federation of the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia Border Region[1]
(March 8, 1938)
Women have shouldered a great responsibility in the War of Resistance. It is imperative to organize the masses of women, and there must be a large number of women cadres to lead women’s work.

[1] On March 8, 1938, the First Women’s Congress of the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia Border Region was solemnly convened at the Yan’an Normal School, and the establishment of the Women’s Federation of the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia Border Region was announced. This is the inscription Mao Zedong wrote for the congress.