Natalie Auvergne

Natalie Auvergne (Chinese: 娜塔莉·奧弗涅; pinyin: Nà tǎ lì·ào fú niè; September 27, 1896 - March 12, 1998), given the Chinese name Huang Li-you (黃力優) also known as Madame Huang-li, was a teacher and writer. She is best known for being the wife of Pierre Huang-li, 1st president of Tseng, and the 1st First Lady of Tseng from 1946 to 1954. Auvergne held French, Taiwanese, and Tsengian citizenship.

Early life and education
Natalie Auvergne was born on September 27, 1896, to Chinese immigrants in Seine-Saint-Denis, a banlieue of, France. Her last name was the result of her father having 2% French ancestry after a French soldier had children with a Chinese woman in the 1700s.

She met Pierre Huang-li while biking through Paris in 1920. They returned to Tseng in 1922. She was known as Huang Li-you, which means "graceful" in Chinese.

Auvergne and Huang-li married on April 26, 1923.

First Lady of Tseng (1946-1954)
Auvergne was seen as a motherly, caring figure. In fact, she was. After the Chinese Civil War, Auvergne helped to create refuge camps for people escaping communism. She also thought that every child in Tseng should get an education. In 1951, Auvergne created the Children's School Committee (CSC), which helped build schools in isolated or rural areas.

Later life
After Huang-li's death in 1954, Auvergne was so distraught about the death of her husband so she wrote a poem about it. She co-wrote the Pierre Huang-li Memorial Song with Yong Ming-chun (2nd president of Tseng) in 1956.

Auvergne remarried with James Wu in 1956 however wasn't happy about it so they divorced a year later. Auvergne spent the rest of her life writing books about her life in the Presidential House, and memoirs about her and her husband.

Death
Auvergne died peacefully on March 12, 1998, at her home in Meihai Island, Sandiao. Her funeral was watched by 10.2 million people, 58.9% of the population of Tseng at the time (The population was 17,283,949 in 1998).

Legacy
Today, Auvergne's legacy is more favourable than her husband. She is considered one of the greatest activists and feminists in Tseng because of her work advocating equal rights for women and the Equality Act of 1948. However, her criticizers said that she was also anti-communist, and treated Communist China with distaste.