“Chinese Business Woman Has Made A Fortune Drying Shrimp” – 29.01.IMG.002_SAAPI.MrsQuongDryingShrimpArticle.1896.LOC.sn84024442

Quong Wo, profiled in an 1896 article, was the only known woman owner amongst Asian-run shrimp businesses in the New Orleans area. During Reconstruction, Chinese shrimpers like Wo joined the Filipino community in establishing businesses in marshes surrounding New Orleans.

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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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