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New England Chinese Women Association 2 Tyler Street  The
blue and gold sign on the second floor marks the New England Chinese Women's
Association founded in 1942 by Chew Shee Chin (1899-1985) and other Boston Chinese
women in response to Madame Chiang Kai Shek's appeal for China relief during
World War II. The association continues to serve the Boston Chinese community
as a networking and social service organization. Chew Shee Chin was one of the
first Chinese-American women to work in Boston's garment industry (see C10).
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C5: Phyllis Wheatley Landing Place Beach and Tyler Streets Phillis Wheatley (c1753-1784), the first published African American woman poet in America, landed while still a small child in 1761 in the slave ship Phillis at Avery's Wharf located near the present position of Tyler Street. She was purchased at auction by the Wheatley family. Her mistress, Suzannah Wheatley, became her mentor (see also D20). |
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C6: Ruby Foo's Den Beach and Hudson Streets (presently the site of Gateway Park)  Born
in San Francisco, Ruby Foo (1904-1950) moved to Boston in 1923 where she began
a single-room restaurant in Boston's Chinatown. Its popularity quickly grew,
and she opened Ruby Foo's "Den" on Hudson Street in 1929 - heralded as the first
Chinese restaurant to successfully cater to non-Chinese clientele. Throughout
World War II, the Den remained a legendary meeting place for theatrical and
sports figures and other celebrities. She opened similar restaurants in New
York, Miami, Washington and Providence, becoming a nationally-known restaurateur
and mentor to dozens of aspiring chefs in her native Boston. In 1938, newspapers
ran a photo of a Chinese baby sitting amidst rubble in a Shanghai railroad station
that had been bombed by the Japanese. Foo had the child brought to the United
States where she adopted him and raised him along with her other children. |
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