After her husband’s death in 1975, Madame Kai-Shek stayed in Taiwan but left Taipei in 1991 at the age of 93 and although she was no longer part of Chinese politics, she was still linked to that country. Madame Chiang Kai-Shek relocated to New York, where she lived and battled cancer until she passed away at the age of 105 on the 24th of October in 2003. Her death caused a widespread of grief and felt like “an end of an era” because she was the last person alive who was a significant person throughout revolution, war and political mayhem in East Asia during the 20th century. She was also the only first lady during World War II, besides Queen Elizabeth, who lived into the 21st century and whose life extended into three consecutive centuries.
