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Author Wu, Judy Tzu-Chun

Title Doctor Mom Chung of the Fair-Haired Bastards : the Life of a Wartime Celebrity
Published Berkeley : University of California Press, 2001

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Description 1 online resource (316 pages)
Contents Introduction; 1. "The Medical Lady Missionary"; 2. Living Their Religion; 3. Where Womanhood and Childhood Meet; 4. "A Noble Profession"; 5. "The Beginning of a New Era"; 6. "The Ministering Angel of Chinatown"; 7. A Sister Lesbian?; 8. Becoming Mom Chung; 9. A Model Family at War; 10. Creating WAVES; 11. "I'll Wait on You Forever"; Epilogue: "There Will Never Be Another Mom Chung"; Acknowledgments; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Summary During World War II, Mom Chung's was the place to be in San Francisco. Soldiers, movie stars, and politicians gathered at her home to socialize, to show their dedication to the Allied cause, and to express their affection for Dr. Margaret Chung (1889-1959)
Notes Print version record
Subject Chung, Margaret, 1889-1959.
SUBJECT Chung, Margaret, 1889-1959. fast (OCoLC)fst00509287
Subject Chinese American physicians -- Biography
Chinese American women -- United States -- Biography
Women physicians -- United States -- Biography
Chinese American physicians.
Chinese American women.
Women physicians.
United States.
Genre/Form Biographies.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780520938922
0520938925