The Resume

(March 5, 1897-October 23, 2003)
Birth name was Mayling Soong
Resided in New York City
Wife of Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek, China's World War II leader

Why she might be annoying:

She is older than heck (you do the math).
Her husband was a dictator.
She was shrewd and imperious.
For decades, she has defied celebrity death pools.
She said 'the only thing oriental about me is my face.'

Why she might not be annoying:

In the 1930s and '40s, she was arguably the most powerful woman in the world.
She rallied her country against Japanese aggression in World War II.
She was Time's Person of the Year in 1937 (in tandem with Generalissimo Chiang).
She is an accomplished painter.
She has lived in seclusion in New York City since her husband's death in 1975.

Credit: JinnFiend

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• D.J.'s and M.C.'s
• Gallup/CNN/USA Today's Most Admired Women [1948] (Ranked: 2)
• Gallup/CNN/USA Today's Most Admired Women [1953] (Ranked: 7)
• Gallup/CNN/USA Today's Most Admired Women [1955] (Ranked: 6)
• Gallup/CNN/USA Today's Most Admired Women [1956] (Ranked: 7)
• Gallup/CNN/USA Today's Most Admired Women [1959] (Ranked: 6)
• Gallup/CNN/USA Today's Most Admired Women [1961] (Ranked: 7)
• Gallup/CNN/USA Today's Most Admired Women [1962] (Ranked: 7)
• Gallup/CNN/USA Today's Most Admired Women [1964] (Ranked: 9)
• Gallup/CNN/USA Today's Most Admired Women [1966] (Ranked: 9)
• Gallup/CNN/USA Today's Most Admired Women [Frequency] (Ranked: 17)
• Hyphenated Names
• I Attended Wellesley College
• I Died in 2003 (Ranked: 105)
• I Lived in Three Centuries
• I Lived to 100 (Ranked: 105)
• I'm Buried at Ferncliff Cemetery [Hartsdale, NY]
• International First Ladies
• JinnFiend's Profiles
• Pissed off Chicks
• Profiles 4501-4750 (Ranked: 4532)
• Served in World War II
• Time Magazine People of the Year (Ranked: 1937)
• Time’s 100 Women of the Year [1920-2020] (Ranked: 1937)

Year In Review:

For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2023, Out of 16 Votes: 43.75% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 14 Votes: 42.86% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 81 Votes: 50.62% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 5 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 12 Votes: 41.67% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 5 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 11 Votes: 45.45% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 14 Votes: 57.14% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 34 Votes: 44.12% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 16 Votes: 56.25% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 25 Votes: 52.00% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 25 Votes: 36.00% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 43 Votes: 41.86% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 40 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 83 Votes: 56.63% Annoying
In 2006, Out of 136 Votes: 45.59% Annoying
In 2005, Out of 214 Votes: 61.68% Annoying
In 2004, Out of 305 Votes: 52.13% Annoying
In 2003, Out of 703 Votes: 56.33% Annoying
In 2002, Out of 1137 Votes: 52.77% Annoying