Jade Snow Wong (Cyclopedia of World Authors)
A pioneering voice in Asian American literature, Jade Snow Wong was born to a large family of Chinese immigrants in San Francisco in 1922. As described in her first autobiography, Fifth Chinese Daughter, she grew up in a large building that served as her family’s home and its sewing factory, which specialized in denim overalls. She attended American public schools and excelled there, twice skipping a grade and graduating from high school with honors at the age of sixteen. By attending Chinese school in the evenings and receiving private lessons from her father, she also became...
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