Tsai Ah-hsin

File:臺灣第一位女醫師蔡阿信 First Female Taiwanese Medical Doctor Tsai A-Hsin in 1934.jpg

Tsai Ah-hsin ({{zh|t=蔡阿信|poj=Chhoà A-sìn}}; 1899–1990) was colonial Taiwan's first female physician.{{cite web|author= |url=http://archives.ith.sinica.edu.tw/collections_con2_en.php?no=130 |title=Self Expression | The Archives of Institute of Taiwan History, Academia Sinica - Taiwan Archives Online |publisher=Archives.ith.sinica.edu.tw |date= |accessdate=2015-07-03}}{{cite book|author=Doris T. Chang|title=Women's Movements in Twentieth-Century Taiwan|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jRtsdbiELx8C&pg=PA32|date=20 February 2009|publisher=University of Illinois Press|isbn=978-0-252-09081-3|pages=32–}} She graduated from the Tokyo Women's Medical College in 1921 and then completed her residency at the Taihoku Hospital in Japanese Taiwan. In 1924, Tsai married Taiwan independence activist Peng Hua-ying.{{cite news|author1=Han Cheung|title=A lifelong desire to learn|url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/archives/2016/06/05/2003647903/2|accessdate=5 June 2016|work=Taipei Times|date=5 June 2016|page=12}} She founded her own hospital at Taichu in 1925. She created a seminar to train midwives in obstetrics, which was made part of her hospital. However, she had to end the seminar in 1938 as the Japanese, who had invaded northern China in 1937, came to her seminar and forced some of the students to work for them as nurses on the front lines.

The serial drama "Wave Washing Sands," about her life, won Best Serial Drama at the Golden Bell Awards in 2005.{{cite web|url=http://english.sina.com/life/1/2005/1114/53353.html |title=Dramas, serials take most wins at Golden Bell show_life_English_SINA.com |publisher=English.sina.com |date=2005-11-14 |accessdate=2015-07-03}}