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標題: Jean Lumb's father
日期: 1908
提供者: Lumb, Jean
主題: None
省份: British Columbia
珍藏存放: MHSO

Lumb, Jean

Jean Lumb was a community activist, business owner, and the first Chinese Canadian recipient of the Order of Canada. She was born in Nanaimo, British Columbia, and moved to Toronto, Ontario as a young women. She ran a number of successful businesses, including the Kwong Chow chop suey house in Toronto's Chinatown. She was also part of a delegation that lobbied the Federal government to change its immigration laws, that kept Chinese Canadian families separated.

A portrait of Jean Lumb's father, Wong Fun- Gee. Vancouver, British Columbia.