Linda Arrigo
| Linda Arrigo | |
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| International Coordinator, Green Party Taiwan | |
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In office 1996–2004 |
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| Spokesperson, Democratic Progressive Party | |
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In office 1991–1993 |
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| Personal details | |
| Born |
January 16, 1949 Virginia, United States |
| Political party |
 Green Party Taiwan (since 1996?) |
| Other political affiliations |
 Democratic Progressive Party (1991 to 1993?) |
| Spouse(s) |
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| Children | 1 son, Roger (b.1969) |
| Nickname(s) | 艾琳達; Ài Líndá |
Linda Gail Arrigo (Chinese: 艾琳達; pinyin: Ài Líndá; born January 16, 1949) is an American political activist, human rights activist, and academic researcher in Taiwan. She formerly served as the international affairs officer of Green Party Taiwan.
Born in the United States to Joseph and Nellie Arrigo, she went to Taiwan as a teenager in 1963 with her father, formerly a United States Army logistics officer who was assigned to the Military Assistance Advisory Group (MAAG) in Taiwan. Arrigo attended Taipei American School and after graduating as valedictorian in 1966, eloped with her Taiwanese-American husband, George Chen, to the U.S. in 1968. She received her undergraduate degree in 1972 from the University of California, San Diego. She then attended Stanford University and obtained a "terminal" master's degree in Anthropology in 1976 after ideological disagreements with her advisors there.
Arrigo initially returned to Taiwan in 1975 to continue work on her doctorate research by studying the marriage and labor issues of Taiwanese women entering the workplace. Working with these women and their families would lead her to see Taiwan from their point of view, and in the late 1970s she became active in human rights and opposition politics. She left California, leaving behind her first husband George and her son Roger (born 1969). She became a part of the 1978 campaign coalition that later evolved into the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), and in 1978 married Shih Ming-teh, a former political prisoner. Shih soon became the general manager of Formosa Magazine, and Linda served in English public relations for the magazine. Shih would later (1991) become the DPP chairman.
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