Maria Kim
Maria Kim (Korean: 김마리아; June 18, 1891 – March 13, 1944) was a Korean independence activist during the period of Japanese colonial rule (1910–1945). Her birth name was Kim Jin-sang (金眞常) and she also went by the name Kim Geun-po (金槿圃).
She was commemorated in a poem by fellow independence activist Yi Kwang-su. In 1968 she was posthumously awarded Korea's the Order of Independence Merit, and in 1992 was designated the Independence Activist of the Month for the month of July.
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