LEADER 04951nam 22010814a 450 001 9910787303103321 005 20230617025851.0 010 $a0-520-93892-5 010 $a1-282-35816-2 010 $a9786612358166 010 $a1-59875-525-0 024 7 $a10.1525/9780520938922 035 $a(CKB)2670000000411940 035 $a(EBL)231909 035 $a(OCoLC)475938169 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000278782 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11219269 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000278782 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10264488 035 $a(PQKB)10753761 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC231909 035 $a(OCoLC)70774045 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse30461 035 $a(DE-B1597)519065 035 $a(OCoLC)1096478350 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780520938922 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL231909 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10079958 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL235816 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000411940 100 $a20040527d2005 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||#|||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aDoctor Mom Chung of the fair-haired bastards$b[electronic resource] $ethe life of a wartime celebrity /$fJudy Tzu-Chun Wu 210 $aBerkeley $cUniversity of California Press$d2005 215 $a1 online resource (316 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-520-24143-6 311 $a0-520-24528-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tIntroduction --$t1. "The Medical Lady Missionary" --$t2. Living Their Religion --$t3. Where Womanhood And Childhood Meet --$t4. "A Noble Profession" --$t5. "The Beginning Of A New Era" --$t6. "The Ministering Angel Of Chinatown" --$t7. A Sister Lesbian? --$t8. Becoming Mom Chung --$t9. A Model Family At War --$t10. Creating WAVES --$t11. "I'll Wait On You Forever" --$tEpilogue: "There Will Never Be Another Mom Chung" --$tAcknowledgments --$tNotes --$tBibliography --$tIndex 330 $aDuring World War II, Mom Chung's was the place to be in San Francisco. Soldiers, movie stars, and politicians gathered at her home to socialize, to show their dedication to the Allied cause, and to express their affection for Dr. Margaret Chung (1889-1959). The first known American-born Chinese female physician, Chung established one of the first Western medical clinics in San Francisco's Chinatown in the 1920's. She also became a prominent celebrity and behind-the-scenes political broker during World War II. Chung gained national fame when she began "adopting" thousands of soldiers, sailors, and flyboys, including Ronald Reagan, Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, and Admiral William F. Halsey, Jr. A pioneer in both professional and political realms, Chung experimented in her personal life as well. She adopted masculine dress and had romantic relationships with other women, such as writer Elsa Gidlow and entertainer Sophie Tucker. This is the first biography to explore Margaret Chung's remarkable and complex life. It brings alive the bohemian and queer social milieus of Hollywood and San Francisco as well as the wartime celebrity community Chung cultivated. Her life affords a rare glimpse into the possibilities of traversing racial, gender, and sexual boundaries of American society from the late Victorian era through the early Cold War period. 606 $aChinese American physicians$vBiography 606 $aChinese American women$zUnited States$vBiography 606 $aWomen physicians$zUnited States$vBiography 610 $a20th century. 610 $aallied forces. 610 $aamerican history. 610 $abiographical. 610 $abiography. 610 $acelebrity community. 610 $acelebrity. 610 $achinatown. 610 $achinese americans. 610 $acultural history. 610 $acultural studies. 610 $adr margaret chung. 610 $afemale physician. 610 $aflyboys. 610 $ahollywood. 610 $amom chung. 610 $amovie stars. 610 $apolitical figures. 610 $apoliticians. 610 $aqueer history. 610 $asailors. 610 $asan francisco. 610 $asocial studies. 610 $asoldiers. 610 $aunited states. 610 $awar historians. 610 $awartime america. 610 $awartime. 610 $awestern medicine. 610 $awomens studies. 610 $aworld war ii. 610 $awwii. 615 0$aChinese American physicians 615 0$aChinese American women 615 0$aWomen physicians 676 $a610/.92 676 $aB 700 $aWu$b Judy Tzu-Chun$01461953 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910787303103321 996 $aDoctor Mom Chung of the fair-haired bastards$93828993 997 $aUNINA