"For my whole life I had been bound by the tenets of Chinese culture. To be an artist was the option which would enable me ... to be free of Chinese culture’s relentless subjugation of women."
— Jade Snow Wong

January 1, 1970

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Women authors from the United StatesAutobiographers from the United StatesNovelists from San FranciscoChinese AmericansCeramists
Original Language: English

Sources

"Jade Snow Wong, 84; ‘Fifth Chinese Daughter’ Author, Ceramicist" in The Los Angeles Times (March 22, 2006)