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Remembering Judy Yung

December 30, 2020 by Julia Flynn Siler 2 Comments

Judy Yung’s death this month marks the passing of a gifted and generous scholar. Her groundbreaking work in the history of Asian American women paved the way for a new  generation of thinkers and writers.

Historian Judy Yung, photo by Laura Morton, courtesy of San Francisco Chronicle

Along with fellow San Franciscans Him Mark Lai and the Philip P. Choy, Judy Yung made an enormous contribution to our understanding of the Asian American experience. Her focus was on  women, a group that had been largely been overlooked by scholars. Judy died on December 14 at her home after a fall, at the age of 74.

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