3/31 JT REVISED : In 1911, Clara Elizabeth Chan Lee became the first Chinese American woman to register to vote in the United States.
OLD: In 1912, Tye Leung Schulze became the first Chinese American woman to cast a ballot in a presidential primary election in the United States.
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The Asian American Studies Center acknowledges the Gabrielino/Tongva peoples as the traditional land caretakers of Tovaangar (Los Angeles basin, So. Channel Islands) and pay our respects to the honuukvetam (ancestors), ‘ahiihirom (elders), and ‘eyoohiinkem (relatives/relations) past, present, and emerging.
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