The March Fong Eu Story: An Authorized Biography of an Unauthorized Woman
Author: Tim Vandehey, Caren Daniels-Meade
Publishers: Graphics: 2024
Format: Paperback
Condition: New
ISBN: 9780980118100
DESCRIPTION
March Fong Eu was a long-serving politician from California. She served as California's Secretary of State for nearly twenty years, was a strong advocate for voting rights and broke a number of barriers including being the first Asian American woman elected to a state legislature, the first woman elected as California Secretary of State, and the first Asian-American elected to a state constitutional office.
March Fong Eu was born March Kong on March 29, 1922, in Oakdale, California, in the San Joaquin Valley near Modesto. She was a third-generation Californian and was the youngest of five children. Her parents, Hoy Yuen Kong and Shee Shuey Jue, operated a laundry in Oakdale. The family later movied to San Francisco and then to Richmond. Eu graduated from high school in Richmond and was a top student but her aspirations of becoming a teacher or scientist were thwarted because of the lack of opportunities to Chinese Americans and women.
She instead attended the University of California at Berkeley, earning her bachelor's degree in 1943 and became a dental hygienist. She became interested in politics after serving as the President of the American Dental Hygienists Association, where she advocated for more equal treatment of dental hygienists in the predominantly male dentist profession. She also earned a master of education degree from Mills College in 1947 and a doctorate in education from Stanford in 1954. She also served as the US Ambassador to the Federated States of Micronesia for 2 years.
AUTHORS
Tim Vandehey is a native Californian, New York Times bestselling ghostwriter, and editor. He is also the co-author of Swipe: Why We Don’t Finish What We Start. Today, he lives in Kansas City, Missouri, with his wife, daughters, and an inappropriate number of beagles.
Caren Daniels-Meade worked in the Secretary of State’s office (1972-2007) as Chief of the Elections Division, Chief of Political Reform and Assistant Secretary of State/Communications. She has an undergraduate degree in Political Science from UC Davis and lives with her husband in Elk Grove, California.