Anna May Wong’s Legacy of Inclusion

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It’s only fitting—and long overdue—that Anna May Wong is now being nationally celebrated as the fifth woman featured in the U.S. Mint’s American Women’s Quarters Program.

, her hard work and success so impressed production houses that they decided a Chinese leading lady was long overdue.

Returning to the U.S., she performed on Broadway and successfully transitioned from silent films to sound films—something many Hollywood actors failed to achieve. During World War II, Wong toured with the United Service Organizations and worked with the United China Relief Fund., the first-ever U.S. television show starring an Asian American series lead.

 

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