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AUGUST 24, 1887: Tye Leung was born in San Francisco. She became the first Chinese American woman to work for the federal government, and the first Chinese American woman to vote in a national election.

AUGUST 24, 1887: Tye Leung was born in San Francisco. She became the first Chinese American woman to work for the federal government, and the first Chinese American woman to vote in a national election.

Tye Leung was born in San Francisco, the youngest of seven children born to Chinese immigrants. The family lived in a two bedroom apartment in…

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JULY 8, 1905: Part of San Francisco Bay’s Angel Island was allocated as a US Immigration Detention Center.

JULY 8, 1905: Part of San Francisco Bay’s Angel Island was allocated as a US Immigration Detention Center.

Today, Angel Island State Park[1] is an uninhabited island in the San Francisco Bay. The only way to get to the island is by boat or…

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