TWOMN 347: History of Women in the United States
Basic Information Dr. Margaret Chung is the first female American-born Chinese physician in the United States. She was considered the adoptive “mom” of hundreds of military personnel during World War II, and her connections allowed for her advocacy of the WAVES (Women Accepted to Volunteer Emergency Service), or the women’s group of the Navy. She…
Basic Information In 1897 on October 7th in Guangzhou, China, Mabel Ping-Hua Lee was born (Alexander, 2020). She was the first Chinese American suffragist and activist to fight for women’s rights and advocate for the Chinese community in America (Cahill, 2020a). Mabel Ping-Hua Lee started fighting for women’s suffrage and became an activist at the…