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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). The first known American-born Chinese female physician, Chung established one of the first Western medical clinics in San Francisco's Chinatown in the 1920's. She also became a prominent celebrity and behind-the-scenes political broker during World War II. Chung gained national fame when she began "adopting" thousands of soldiers, sailors, and flyboys, including Ronald Reagan, Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, and Admiral William F. Halsey, Jr. A pioneer in both professional and political realms, Chung experimented in her personal life as well. She adopted masculine dress and had romantic relationships with other women, such as writer Elsa Gidlow and entertainer Sophie Tucker. This is the first biography to explore Margaret Chung's remarkable and complex life. It brings alive the bohemian and queer social milieus of Hollywood and San Francisco as well as the wartime celebrity community Chung cultivated. Her life affords a rare glimpse into the possibilities of traversing racial, gender, and sexual boundaries of American society from the late Victorian era through the early Cold War period.
Chinese American women --- Women physicians --- Chinese American physicians --- Women, Chinese American --- Women --- Physicians, Chinese American --- Physicians --- Chung, Margaret, --- Chung, --- 20th century. --- allied forces. --- american history. --- biographical. --- biography. --- celebrity community. --- celebrity. --- chinatown. --- chinese americans. --- cultural history. --- cultural studies. --- dr margaret chung. --- female physician. --- flyboys. --- hollywood. --- mom chung. --- movie stars. --- political figures. --- politicians. --- queer history. --- sailors. --- san francisco. --- social studies. --- soldiers. --- united states. --- war historians. --- wartime america. --- wartime. --- western medicine. --- womens studies. --- world war ii. --- wwii.
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Traveling to Hanoi during the U.S. war in Vietnam was a long and dangerous undertaking. Even though a neutral commission operated the flights, the possibility of being shot down by bombers in the air and antiaircraft guns on the ground was very real. American travelers recalled landing in blackout conditions, without lights even for the runway, and upon their arrival seeking refuge immediately in bomb shelters. Despite these dangers, they felt compelled to journey to a land at war with their own country, believing that these efforts could change the political imaginaries of other members of the American citizenry and even alter U.S. policies in Southeast Asia.In Radicals on the Road, Judy Tzu-Chun Wu tells the story of international journeys made by significant yet underrecognized historical figures such as African American leaders Robert Browne, Eldridge Cleaver, and Elaine Brown; Asian American radicals Alex Hing and Pat Sumi; Chicana activist Betita Martinez; as well as women's peace and liberation advocates Cora Weiss and Charlotte Bunch. These men and women of varying ages, races, sexual identities, class backgrounds, and religious faiths held diverse political views. Nevertheless, they all believed that the U.S. war in Vietnam was immoral and unjustified.In times of military conflict, heightened nationalism is the norm. Powerful institutions, like the government and the media, work together to promote a culture of hyperpatriotism. Some Americans, though, questioned their expected obligations and instead imagined themselves as "internationalists," as members of communities that transcended national boundaries. Their Asian political collaborators, who included Buddhist monk Thich Nhat Hanh, Foreign Minister of the Provisional Revolutionary Government Nguyen Thi Binh and the Vietnam Women's Union, cultivated relationships with U.S. travelers. These partners from the East and the West worked together to foster what Wu describes as a politically radical orientalist sensibility. By focusing on the travels of individuals who saw themselves as part of an international community of antiwar activists, Wu analyzes how actual interactions among people from several nations inspired transnational identities and multiracial coalitions and challenged the political commitments and personal relationships of individual activists.
Political activists --- International travel --- Social movements --- Internationalism --- Orientalism --- Feminism --- Vietnam War, 1961-1975 --- Vietnam Conflict, 1961-1975 --- Vietnamese Conflict, 1961-1975 --- Vietnamese War, 1961-1975 --- East and West --- Intellectual cooperation --- International cooperation --- Cosmopolitanism --- International education --- Nationalism --- Travel --- Activists, Political --- Persons --- Political participation --- History --- Social aspects --- Protest movements. --- United States --- Social conditions
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As the inaugural volume of the new Brill book series Gendering the Trans-Pacific World: Diaspora, Empire, and Race , this anthology presents an emergent interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary field that highlights the inextricable link between gender and the trans-Pacific world. The anthology features twenty-one chapters by new and established scholars and writers. They collectively examine the geographies of empire, the significance of intimacy and affect, the importance of beauty and the body, and the circulation of culture. This is an ideal volume to introduce advanced undergraduate and graduate students to trans-Pacific Studies and gender as a category of analysis.
Women --- Human females --- Wimmin --- Woman --- Womon --- Womyn --- Females --- Human beings --- Femininity --- Social conditions. --- East Asia. --- Pacific Area. --- Ostasien --- Pazifischer Raum --- Südostasien --- USA --- Westliche Vereinigte Staaten --- Asien --- Südostasiaten --- Ferner Osten --- Asiatisch-Pazifischer Raum --- Pazifik --- Pazifische Länder --- Pazifik-Staaten --- Pazifischer Ozean --- Zirkumpazifischer Raum --- Asia-Pacific Region --- Asian and Pacific Council countries --- Asian-Pacific Region --- Pacific Ocean Region --- Pacific Region --- Pacific Rim --- East --- Eastern Asia --- Far East --- Asia --- Weststaaten
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Women and Rights --- Women's rights --- Library of Congress. --- United States.
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Women and Rights --- Women's rights --- Library of Congress. --- Library of Congress. --- United States.
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Women and Politics --- Women and Rights --- Frontier and pioneer life --- Prairies --- Rural population --- Oklahoma
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Women and Politics --- Women and Rights --- Frontier and pioneer life --- Prairies --- Rural population --- Oklahoma
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Women and Education --- History --- Biographies
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