Elsie Chin Yuen Seetoo
U.S. Army Veteran who served during World War II from 1944 to 1946.
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Rear Admiral Alma Grocki
In 2016, after 35 years of service, Grocki retired from the US Navy at the rank of rear admiral and was the senior engineering duty officer in the Navy Reserve.
Teresa Teng
“The Eternal Queen of Asian Pop”
Ham Hop
Ham Hop came to Australia as the wife of a Geelong businessman in 1910. Arriving on a temporary permit under the Immigration Restriction Act, Ham Hop became a cause célèbre as her husband fought for her to be allowed to remain in the country permanently.
Mary Chong
The first Chinese woman to graduate from an Australian university (USyd, BA 1929, DipEd 1930). Fluent in English and Cantonese, after graduating she became English Secretary for the Consul General of China in Australia.
Hung Liu
Chinese-American artist known for re-working historic Chinese photographs into haunting, visually arresting paintings and mixed media pieces.
Ou Shee Eng
Despite her immigration detainment and the long-term consequences of the exclusion era, Ou Shee and the women around her table lived lives of courage and strength. Their legacies survive among their daughters and granddaughters who built a homeland in America for the Chinese immigrant community.
Billie Tsien
Architect and founding partner of the New York City-based studio Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects
Penny Wong
Australian Labor Party politician Penelope Ying-Yen Wong became the longest-serving female cabinet minister in the history of the Australian Parliament on 6 March 2024.
Michelle Wu
The first woman and first person of color to be elected Mayor of Boston