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02222aam a2200313 i 4500 001 F894718468C411EE82CCA71150ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20231012010128 007 ta 008 210310r20212020ilu 000 1 eng d 020 $a 162972937X 020 $a 9781629729374 035 $a (OCoLC)1241066221 040 $a AUNRT $b eng $c AUNRT $d BDX $d YDX $d UKMGB $d OCLCO $e rda $d ATCDL $d TnLvILS $e rda $d SILO 082 04 $a 813/.6 $2 23 100 1 $a Moore, Heather B., $e author. 245 14 $a The paper daughters of Chinatown / $c Heather B. Moore. 264 1 $a Melrose Park, Ill. : $b Shadow Mountain, $c [2021] 300 $a xi, 371 pages ; $c 23 cm. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references. 520 $a In the late nineteenth century, San Francisco is a booming city with a dark side, one in which a powerful underground organisation - the criminal tong - buys and sells young Chinese women into prostitution and slavery. These "paper daughters," so called because fake documents gain them entry to America but leave them without legal identity, generally have no recourse. But the Occidental Mission Home for Girls is one bright spot of hope and help. Told in alternating chapters, this rich narrative follows the stories of young Donaldina Cameron, who works in the mission home, and Mei Lien, a "paper daughter" who thinks she is coming to America for an arranged marriage but instead is sold into a life of shame and despair. Donaldina, a real-life pioneering advocate for social justice, bravely stands up to corrupt officials and violent gangs, helping to win freedom for thousands of Chinese women. Mei Lien endures heartbreak and betrayal in her search for hope, belonging , and love. Their stories merge in this gripping account of the courage and determination that helped shape a new course of women's history in America. 650 7 $a Reformers $v Fiction. $2 Sears 650 7 $a Organized crime $v Fiction. $2 Sears 651 7 $a Chinatown (San Francisco, Calif.) $v Fiction. $2 Sears 655 7 $a Biographical fiction. $2 lcgft 655 7 $a Historical fiction. $2 lcgft 941 $a 1 952 $l YEPF572 $d 20240509013211.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=F894718468C411EE82CCA71150ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search