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The study aims to explore the life of a post-war Taiwanese woman, Mrs. Wang Yu-Xiu, born in the 16th year of the Showa era (1941) in the Lin family of Taichang Village, Ji'an Township, present-day Hualien County, Mrs. Wang was sent away as an adopted child by her biological family when she was around three months old. In the early life was marked by hardship, displacement, and a tumultuous educational journey. She attended elementary school at 10 and completed her vocational education at the age of 34. Mrs. Wang had two marriages, first to Mr. Wu Qing-Shou from Yilan in Taiwan, and later to Mr. Pang Jing-Sheng from Henan in mainland China. She had a total of seven daughters and dedicated herself to their upbringing, enduring the challenges of raising a family. In her employment journey included working as a nanny and serving in various positions at schools for a decade. Due to her exceptional performance, she was promoted to a government position and retired at 55 years old. In decades, Mrs. Wang took care of her foster mother and her uncle, Mr. Li Ah-Huang, until their old age. As her daughters grew up and left home, she actively pursued new learning opportunities after retirement. In the late ages, she began caring for her gradually declining husband, who suffered from dementia. At the age of 81, burdened by physical and mental exhaustion, she chose to move out and live alone. This is the story of every cloud has a silver lining, a woman who emerged from poverty, oppressive circumstances, and the constraints of her time. It is also a tale of an ordinary Taiwanese woman's simultaneous growth alongside the era of post-war Taiwan. This essay adopts a first-person perspective to explore Mrs. Wang's life journey, addressing various aspects such as the influence of family issues on personal life, navigating career opportunities amidst changing educational systems, adapting and integrating in interethnic marriages, perceiving the transformation and progress of industries through daily life, fulfilling multiple roles as a woman, overcoming challenges in life, finding peace of mind in the context of elderly care, and the dynamic interaction between individual lives and Taiwan's post-war social fabric, as observed through Mrs. Wang's more than eight decades of life.
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