Clara Elizabeth Chan Lee
Clara Elizabeth Chan Lee | |
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| Born | October 21, 1886 |
| Died | October 5, 1993 |
Clara Elizabeth Chan Lee (October 21, 1886 – October 5, 1993) was the first
Proposition 4 in California, nine years before the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
.
Political activities
Lee registered to vote at the Alameda County courthouse on November 8, 1911.[1]
Lee was a founder of the Chinese Women's Jeleab (self reliance) Association, created in 1913.[2] The association promoted women's rights in both the U.S. and China. She was a member of the YWCA and the Fidelis Coterie club.[3]
Personal life
Clara Elizabeth (Yee Miew) Chan was born October 21, 1886, in
Chinese Community Methodist Church of Oakland in Oakland Chinatown from 1900 to 1909.[4] Lee was married to Charles Goodall Lee, the first licensed Chinese American dentist in the United States.[5] She died October 5, 1993, in Alameda, California, and is interred in Oakland
.
See also
- List of democracy and elections-related topics
- List of suffragists and suffragettes
- Timeline of women's suffrage in California
- Women's suffrage
- Women's suffrage in California
References
- ^ Yu, Christina. "Chinese American Citizens Alliance -- Oakland Lodge". www.cacaoakland.org. Retrieved 3 February 2019.
- ISBN 0253346851.
- ^ ISBN 0520088670.
- ^ "Chinese American Citizens Alliance -- Oakland Lodge". www.cacaoakland.org. Retrieved 2024-01-02.
- ^ "Clara Elizabeth and Charles Goodall Lee". Chinese Community United Methodist Church. Archived from the original on 10 July 2011. Retrieved 3 February 2019.
Further reading
- Schmitz, Aviva. "10 Amazing Activist From The San Francisco Bay Area". Culture Trip. Culture Trip. Retrieved 2017-09-08.
- Yung, Judy (1995). "Unbound Feet, A Social History of Chinese Women in San Francisco". University of California Press
- Armentrout, Eve and Ma, Jeong Huei (1982). "The Chinese of Oakland, Unsung Builders".
- Wong, William (2004). "Images of America, Oakland's Chinatown". Arcadia Press.
- "Chinese Weds a White Woman"[permanent dead link] (regarding Rev. Chan Hon Fan) from The San Francisco Call, February 26, 1901
- "10 Amazing Activists From The East Bay". Culture Trip.