Song Ailing; the eldest of the Soong sisters; was the wife of H. H. Kung (Kung Hsiang-Hsi); who was the richest man in the early 20th century Republic of China. Born in Shanghai; Soong arrived in the United States at the Port of San Francisco; CA on June 30; 1904 aboard the SS Korea at the age of 14 to begin her education at Wesleyan College in Macon; Georgia. She returned to China in 1909 after her graduation. In late 1911; she worked as a secretary for Sun Yat-sen; a job later succeeded by her sister; Soong Ching-ling. She met her future husband; Kung Hsiang Hsi; in 1913; and married the following year in Yokohama. After marrying; Soong taught English for a while and engaged in child welfare work. She went to the United States in the 1940s; and died at the age of 83 on October 18; 1973 in New York.