Unbound spirit : letters of Flora Belle Jan /
Jan, Flora Belle, 1906-1950.
Unbound spirit : letters of Flora Belle Jan / Letters of Flora Belle Jan edited by Fleur Yano and Saralyn Daly ; introduction by Judy Wu. - Urbana : University of Illinois Press, (c)2009. - 1 online resource
Part I: California -- One's true friend -- Wild to go -- All Chinatown is horrified -- Part II: Chicago -- A plunge into domesticity -- Life gives me a heartache -- Paying for the follies of my youth -- Part III: China -- I prefer American shoes -- A straw in the wind -- Chasing mirages -- I have been loyal to China --
This volume collects the letters written over a thirty-year period by a second generation Chinese American woman, Flora Belle Jan (1906-50). Born in California to immigrant parents and educated at Berkeley and the University of Chicago, Jan raised three children with her husband Charles Wang and worked as a journalist in both the United States and China. Written during the years 1918-48, these letters offer unique insight into the social and political situation of educated, middle-class, professional Chinese American women in the early twentieth century. --From publisher's description.
9781283044028 9786613044020 6613044024
2019718581
Jan, Flora Belle, 1906-1950 --Correspondence.
Holstein, Ludmelia, 1905-1976 --Correspondence.
Women journalists--China--Correspondence.
Women journalists--United States--Correspondence.
Electronic Books.
PN5366 / .U536 2009
Unbound spirit : letters of Flora Belle Jan / Letters of Flora Belle Jan edited by Fleur Yano and Saralyn Daly ; introduction by Judy Wu. - Urbana : University of Illinois Press, (c)2009. - 1 online resource
Part I: California -- One's true friend -- Wild to go -- All Chinatown is horrified -- Part II: Chicago -- A plunge into domesticity -- Life gives me a heartache -- Paying for the follies of my youth -- Part III: China -- I prefer American shoes -- A straw in the wind -- Chasing mirages -- I have been loyal to China --
This volume collects the letters written over a thirty-year period by a second generation Chinese American woman, Flora Belle Jan (1906-50). Born in California to immigrant parents and educated at Berkeley and the University of Chicago, Jan raised three children with her husband Charles Wang and worked as a journalist in both the United States and China. Written during the years 1918-48, these letters offer unique insight into the social and political situation of educated, middle-class, professional Chinese American women in the early twentieth century. --From publisher's description.
9781283044028 9786613044020 6613044024
2019718581
Jan, Flora Belle, 1906-1950 --Correspondence.
Holstein, Ludmelia, 1905-1976 --Correspondence.
Women journalists--China--Correspondence.
Women journalists--United States--Correspondence.
Electronic Books.
PN5366 / .U536 2009