Title: | Jean Lumb's family |
Date: | c. 1970s |
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 and Doyle Lumb (seated) with their children (standing).