Abstract: Published in 1909-1910,Shanghai Pictures Daily adopted the unique way reporting daily news through pictures in which tons of pictures about “women’s” (Chinese women,etc.) activities appeared. The paper aims to explore the implied meaning of the diversified activities of Shanghai women through the images in the pictorial so as to gain an insight into Shanghai women’s “past,present and future“ life style illustrated with words,which,in turn,constitutes the research objective of the paper. The pictorial’s difference from most Chinese and foreign newspapers then lies in the fact that this pictorial presents a lot of women in Shanghai as thematic reports which reveal the development process of the Chinese women's participation in the modern sports. Its characteristic of pictures illustrated with a caption makes it clear and easy to understand and more diversified. The author attempts to investigate its images of the characters,techniques and word meaning with the integration of background,culture and society,etc. The results show can be used as references to understand the overall situation of Shanghai women in those years.

Key words: women field, women, Shanghai, images, picture daily