Bibliograph

The paper daughters of Chinatown, Heather B. Moore

Type

Label

The paper daughters of Chinatown, Heather B. Moore

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 371-372)

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

The paper daughters of Chinatown

Nature of contents

bibliography

Responsibility statement

Heather B. Moore

Summary

"A fictionalized account of the early years of Donaldina Cameron's work with the Occidental Mission Home for Girls in San Francisco, California, which worked to rescue Chinese girls and women from slavery conditions in the late 1800s through the early 1900s"--, Provided by publisherDonaldina Cameron arrived at the Occidental Mission Home for Girls in 1895 intending to teach sewing skills to young Chinese women immigrants. She discovers that the job is much more complicated than perfect stitches and even hems. San Francisco has a dark side, one where a powerful underground organization-- the criminal tong-- brings Chinese young women to America to sell them as slaves. With the help of Chinese interpreters and the Chinatown police squad, Cameron becomes a tireless social reformer to stop the abominable slave and prostitution trade. Mei Lien believes she is sailing to the "Gold Mountain" in America to become the wife of a rich Chinese man. Instead she finds herself sold into prostitution: beaten, starved, and forced into an opium addiction. Will the mission home give her hope for a new life? -- adapted from jacket

Target audience

adult

resource.variantTitle

Paper daughters of Chinatown, based on a true story

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