Van Chu-Lin
Chinese New Zealand storekeeper in the early 1900s
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Katherine Ah Lan Lowe
Worker at Pearl Harbor following the Japanese attack in World War II
Dr Li-Wei Hung
Dr Hung studies night sky brightness.
Maggie Gee
Chinese American WII military pilot
Katherine Sui Fen Cheung
As the first Asian American female pilot, Katherine Cheung worked to publicize aviation to the Asian American communities.
Dr Me-Iung Ting
Dr. Me-Iung Ting worked tirelessly to improve medical care for women, children, and refugees, even when it put her at great personal risk.
Grace Lee Boggs
Chinese American civil rights and labor activist whose support for causes such as the Black Power movement, feminism, and the environment spanned over 70 years.
Tye Leung Schulze
Civil rights and community activist
Dr Nancy T Chang
After attending Harvard Medical School, Nancy Chang’s career trajectory led her to cofound Tanox (now part of Genentech), a company that sought remedies for asthma and allergies through genetic engineering.
Dr Margaret Chung
Dr. Margaret “Mom” Chung was the first Chinese American woman to become a physician. She founded one of the first Western medical clinics in San Francisco’s Chinatown in the 1920s. During World War II, she and her widespread network of “adopted sons,” most of them American soldiers, sailors, and airmen who called her “Mom,” became famous.