![]() ![]() ![]() Judy earned a BA from San Francisco State University and an MA in library science from the University of California, Berkeley, where she later returned to pursue a PhD in ethnic studies. ![]() Unlike Wong, Judy viewed her parents’ pursuit of a son not so much as a handicap but as a launching point for her advocacy of Chinese American women’s history, San Francisco’s Chinatown community, and Asian American studies. Separated by a generation, both were born and raised in San Francisco’s Chinatown and promoted the political and social visibility of Chinese American women. Judy Yung identified with the label “fifth Chinese daughter,” made famous by Jade Snow Wong’s enduring 1950 memoir. ![]()
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