Sue Ko Lee
Sue Ko Lee was a Chinese American labor activist and labor organizer based in California.[1] She is known as a leader of International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union (ILGWU) in California and a participant of a strike against National Dollar Stores garment factory in the mid 1900s, which was the beginning of Chinese women fighting for higher wages and better working conditions in the Chinatown garment industry.[1][2]
Early life
[edit]Born in Honolulu, Hawaii, Sue Ko Lee grew up in Watsonville, California as the oldest of 10 children.[1] She married Lee Jew Hing, a Chinese migrants who also worked at National Dollar Stores, and they had two children, Mervyn and Stanley.[1] On May 15, 1996, Sue Ko died at the age of 86 in El Cerrito, California.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e "Sue Ko Lee (U.S. National Park Service)". www.nps.gov. Retrieved 2024-05-14.
- ^ "Sue Ko Lee". National Union of Healthcare Workers. Retrieved 2024-05-14.