Title: | Jean Lumb at Women's Auxiliary Board award presentation |
Date: | unknown |
Donor: | Lumb, Jean |
Subject: | None |
Province: | Ontario |
Copyright: | MHSO, courtesy of Jean Lumb |
Holding Institution: | 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.
Jean Lumb at Women's Auxiliary Board award presentation.