▁ess ays ▁about ▁equality . ▁In ▁ 1 9 0 3 , ▁she ▁published ▁in ▁Ji ang su ▁a ▁pre face ▁to ▁A ▁T oc sin ▁for ▁Women ▁() ▁written ▁by ▁Jin ▁Song cen , ▁which ▁ur ged ▁women ▁to ▁liber ate ▁themselves ▁and ▁their ▁nation . ▁ ▁After ▁a ▁year ▁in ▁Japan , ▁she ▁returned ▁to ▁Shang hai ▁and ▁went ▁to ▁work ▁at ▁her ▁brother ' s ▁newspaper ▁Chinese ▁Vern ac ular ▁News ▁( ), ▁becoming ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁first ▁female ▁journal ists ▁in ▁China . ▁She ▁also ▁became ▁an ▁associate ▁editor ▁for ▁the ▁ ▁( ). ▁Both ▁of ▁these ▁papers ▁provided ▁analysis ▁and ▁comment ary ▁on ▁dem ocracy ▁and ▁Lin ▁wrote ▁many ▁articles ▁advoc ating ▁revolution , ▁before ▁both ▁were ▁forced ▁to ▁shut ▁down ▁by ▁the ▁government ▁in ▁ 1 9 0 5 . ▁She ▁decided ▁to ▁return ▁to ▁Japan ▁to ▁study ▁at ▁the ▁Tokyo ▁High er ▁Normal ▁School ▁( ). ▁That ▁aut umn , ▁when ▁Hu ang ▁X ing ▁set ▁up ▁a ▁m un itions ▁factory ▁in ▁Y ok oh ama , ▁she ▁and ▁other ▁Chinese ▁students ▁began ▁particip ating ▁in ▁an arch ist ▁activities ▁and ▁became ▁known ▁as ▁" S oph ia ▁hero ines ", ▁in ▁reference ▁to ▁the ▁activities ▁of ▁Soph ia ▁Per ov sk aya . ▁In ▁December ▁ 1 9 0 5 , ▁she ▁joined ▁the ▁T ong m eng hui ▁of ▁Sun ▁Y at - sen ▁to ▁continue ▁her ▁activ ism ▁and ▁participated ▁in ▁many ▁of ▁their ▁anti - g overn ment ▁activities . ▁Then