State Historical Society of Iowa

Iowa History 101: Chinese Pioneers in Iowa: Immigration, Laundry, and Resistance to Exclusion in the Nineteenth Century

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Thursday, August 25, 2022 - 12:00 to 1:00pm
Zoom

Join historian Dr. Anthony J. Miller to explore the lives of the first Chinese immigrants to live in the American Midwest and examine how they founded businesses, formed small communities, won patrons and friends among other Iowans, and resisted racial discrimination and harassment in the 19th century.

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