Su-Lin Young

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Adelaide "Su-Lin" Young
楊陳瑞苓
PronunciationYáng Chén Ruìlíng
Born
Adelaide Young

(1911-12-23)December 23, 1911
Armed Forces Network Radio Taiwan
OrganizationAmerican Museum of Natural History
Known forFirst American woman to explore the Himalayas in the 1930s and Su Lin, the first giant panda brought to the United States, was named for her
Spouse
Jack Young
(m. 1933)
Children3
Parent

Adelaide "Su-Lin" Young (

Chinese American, she was the first American woman to explore the Himalayas in the 1930s and Su Lin, the first giant panda
brought to the United States, was named for her.

She was born in New York City to Ming Tai Chen, the wealthy owner of the famed China Doll Night Club and graduated from Wesleyan College in Macon, Georgia.

In 1934, she arrived in southwestern China as a newlywed with her husband Jack Young and his younger brother Quentin Young to gather animal specimens and catalog plants for the American Museum of Natural History on an expedition financed by Theodore Roosevelt Jr. and Kermit Roosevelt, sons of former U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt.[1]

After exploring parts of

China Journal. In Shanghai, Young met explorer Ruth Harkness, another American woman, who captured the first giant panda to be sent the United States. Harkness named the panda Su-Lin for Young, a name also given to Su Lin,[2] a panda born in 2005 at the San Diego Zoo.[3]

After relocating several times in China due to the

(MAAG) Taiwan.

Young returned to the United States in the 1950s living in Virginia, California, and North Carolina. She died at age 96 in Hercules, California.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b Treadway, Chris (17 May 2008). "Life of 'Panda Lady' celebrated". East Bay Times. Archived from the original on 16 April 2019. Retrieved 16 June 2023.
  2. Washington Post
    . Retrieved 16 June 2023.
  3. ^ "Ruth Harkness, of New York, holds Su-Lin". Instagram. @vintagetribune. 9 November 2022. Retrieved 16 June 2023.

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