In the early days, organizations like the Women's Alliance and the Kuomintang's Department of Women's Affairs, led by the wives of high-ranking officials, did charitable work or provided morale-building support to the armed forces. They provided a bit of color and stimulation in the otherwise monotonous and constrained society of their day.
早年婦聯會、婦工會，由官夫人輕車簡從的各地勞軍、義賣，為當時單調嚴肅的社會提供可喜的調劑和點綴。