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Tien Fuh Wu

Unknown photographerc. 1910s

California Museum

California Museum
Sacramento, United States

When she was young, Tien Fuh Wu (1886-1975) was sold by her father to pay his gambling debts in China. Sent to San Francisco as a servant, she was burned with candle wax when the woman she worked for was dissatisfied.
She escaped to the Presbyterian Mission House, a refuge for enslaved girls and women. Resourceful and focused, Wu learned English and attended an elite boarding school and Bible college. She returned to the mission, and for decades, helped other women escape slavery and hard labor.

Details

  • Title: Tien Fuh Wu
  • Creator: Unknown photographer
  • Date Created: c. 1910s
  • Location Created: San Francisco, CA, USA
  • Subject Keywords: Violence against women, Resistance
  • Type: Photograph
  • Original Source: Cameron House

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