Upcoming exhibit Herstory: The Legal History of Chinese American Women opens at the Chinatown Branch on March 1, in celebration of Women's History Month. Curated by author and legal scholar Chang C. Chen, Herstory illustrates the struggle for Chinese women to attain citizenship, dignity and recognition under the law.
The first Chinese women began arriving in the United States in 1785 as domestic workers and merchants' brides. Over the next 200 years, Chinese American women were part of a complex, often painful legal tradition, as they worked to secure their civil rights in the United States. Blending multimedia artwork, historical documents, and bilingual text, Herstory documents these stories and gives voice to the women whose struggles paved the way for more equal treatment today.
Herstory: The Legal History of Chinese American Women will be on display at the Chinatown Branch from March 1 to March 31. The exhibit will also travel to the McKinley Park Branch from April 1 to 31 and the Richard J. Daley Bridgeport Branch from May 1 to May 30.
