Like my last post, The Buddha in the Attic is about overlooked women, a topic I can't get enough of. I started with William Wei's Asians in Colorado. While a good survey of basic Chinese and Japanese Colorado history, it left out the women. Like so many historians, the women in his book were prostitutes or non-existent. And then I listened to a podcast that mentioned the women's clubs formed by Japanese women in San Francisco. Rabbit hole open.
The Buddha in the Attic by Julie Otsuka
The Buddha in the Attic by Julie Otsuka
Like my last post, The Buddha in the Attic is about overlooked women, a topic I can't get enough of. I started with William Wei's Asians in Colorado. While a good survey of basic Chinese and Japanese Colorado history, it left out the women. Like so many historians, the women in his book were prostitutes or non-existent. And then I listened to a podcast that mentioned the women's clubs formed by Japanese women in San Francisco. Rabbit hole open.