Margaret "Margie" Lew's Oral History, part 1

Margaret "Margie" Lew's Oral History, part 1

Chinatowns

Chinese American families

Chinese American women

Chinese Americans--California--Los Angeles

Chinese Americans--California--San Francisco

Chinese Americans--Employment

Chinese Americans--Ethnic identity

Chinese Americans--Social conditions

Chinese Americans--Social life and customs

World War II

Margaret "Margie" Doris Lew introduces herself as the only one of her siblings born and raised in San Francisco, not meeting her family until she was 19 years old. Lew describes meeting her Los Angeles-born husband Albert Lew at Chinese Servicemen's Night at the San Francisco Chinatown YWCA where she lived and worked, and exchanging love letters while he was deployed on a hospital ship during World War II. Lew shares about her marriage, two children, and move to Los Angeles, elaborating upon her employment as a clerk typist at Los Angeles City Hall and the construction of the Lews' house in Hillside Village. She mentions her passion for crafts, domestic travel, and teaching literacy at the Chinatown Branch Library. The interview concludes with her reflections on historical events in Los Angeles and observations about demographic changes in Southern California.

Roman, David

Echon, Catherine

Lew, Margaret

Asian American Pacific Islander Oral History Project

California State University, Los Angeles

2016-11-02

Jeong, Sae Hee "Keshy"

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