num_pages: 245
description: When Chang Yu-I was three her mother tried to bind her feet. But the child's cries so tormented her brother that he convinced their mother to stop. This break with convention foreshadowed the extraordinary life Yu-i was to lead. After following her husband, poet Hsu Chi-Mo, a noted philanderer, to Oxford, she made history by becoming the first Chinese woman to have a western-style divorce at age 22. Determined to make her own way, she moved to America and served in a series of prestigious positions, including president of a bank. Written by Yu-i's great niece, Pang-Mei Natasha Chang, Bound Feet and Western Dress chronicles the life of this exceptional woman.
language: Chinese
title: 小腳與西服：張幼儀與徐志摩的家變
titlecomplete: 小腳與西服：張幼儀與徐志摩的家變
genres: Historical, Asian Literature, History, Womens, Biography, Memoir, Asia, Biography Memoir, Nonfiction, China
ratings_count: 2094
publisher: 智庫