The Soong sisters, left to right: Soong Ai-ling (1890 - 1973), Soong May-ling (1897 - 2003) and Soong Ching-ling (1893 - 1981) in Chongqing (Chunking), China, 1940. The sisters were uniquely influential in Chinese politics in the early 20th Century, with Ai-ling marrying banker and finance minister H. H. Kung, May-ling working with and marrying Chinese Nationalist leader Chiang Kai-shek and Ching-ling marrying first President of the Republic of China, Sun Yat-sen. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
