The first woman president of the Academia Historica since its founding in 1912, she is also one of the few female historians to boldly argue in public about the sovereignty of Taiwan and its international status.
她是國史館 1912 年創館以來第一位女性館長林滿紅，也是少數勇於公開辯論台灣主權歸屬與中華民國國家定位的女性史家。