Sau Ung Loo Chan
Sau Ung Loo Chan (1906–2002) was Hawaii's first female lawyer of Asian descent.[1][2][3][4]
Chan, the youngest child of her family, was born on August 8, 1906, in Honolulu, Hawaii, to Joe and Choy Shee Loo. Her father was a Chinese immigrant and had a close friendship with Sun Yat-sen. Chan completed her higher education at Punahou School and Yale Law School respectively before settling in Hong Kong with her husband Hin Cheung Chan to raise a family.[1][2]
In 1941, she returned to Hawaii where she was admitted as the first Asian female to practice law. From 1943-1976, Chan organized and oversaw the Circuit Court Small Estate and Guardianship Division. In 1948, Chan testified before the United States Congress in an effort to have certain portions of the Immigration Act of 1924 amended. She practiced as an estate and guardianship attorney.[5]
Chan died on March 1, 2002, in Kaneohe, Hawaii.[1][6]
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[edit]- ^ a b c "Sau Ung Loo Chan, 95, broke legal ground". The Honolulu Advertiser. Retrieved 2019-08-29.
- ^ a b Brooks, Charlotte (2019-08-27). American Exodus: Second-Generation Chinese Americans in China, 1901–1949. Univ of California Press. ISBN 9780520302679.
- ^ Matsuda, Mari J. (1992). Called from Within: Early Women Lawyers of Hawai?i. University of Hawaii Press. ISBN 9780824814489.
- ^ Woo, Genevieve Puanani (2013). History of the Organization of Chinese American Women, 1977-2009. Ruth H. Kuo and Rhoda How Memorial Fund of the Community Foundation for the National Capital Region. ISBN 9780824838973.
- ^ Hilleary, Perry Edward; Judd, Henry Pratt (1954). Men and women of Hawaii, 1954: a biographical encyclopedia of persons of notable achievement, an historical account of the peoples who have distinguished themselves through personal success and through public service. Honolulu Business Consultants.
- ^ "Obituaries". archives.starbulletin.com. March 15, 2002. Retrieved 2019-08-29.