As a teenager, Mabel Lee fought for the women’s vote in the U.S. even though she wouldn’t benefit from it. As an adult, she continued to live a life in service, as community and spiritual leader in New York’s Chinatown.

            Research:
National Archives. “Chinese Exclusion Act (1882).” https://www.archives.gov/milestone-documents/chinese-exclusion-act
“Erasmus Hall Academy.” National Park Service. https://www.nps.gov/places/erasmus-hall-academy.htm
Yang, Jia Lynn. “Overlooked No More: Mabel Ping-Hua Lee, Suffragist With a Distinction.” New York Times. Sept. 19, 2020. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/19/obituaries/mabel-ping-hua-lee-overlooked.html?searchResultPosition=1
“New York City’s Chinatown Post Office Named in Honor of Dr. Mabel Lee ’1916.” Barnard College. December 3, 2018. https://barnard.edu/news/new-york-citys-chinatown-post-office-named-honor-dr-mabel-lee-1916
Hond, Paul. “How Columbia Suffragists Fought for the Right of Women to Vote.” Columbia Magazine. Fall 2020. https://magazine.columbia.edu/article/how-columbia-suffragists-fought-right-women-vote
“Chinese Girl Wants Vote.” New York Tribune. April 13, 1912. https://www.newspapers.com/image/467709486/?terms=Mabel%20Lee&match=1
“Parade of Women in New York Saturday, May 4, Will Break Record for Number in Line.” The Daily News, Frederick, MD. May 2, 1912. https://www.newspapers.com/image/7632082/?terms=Mabel%20Lee&match=1
“Dr. Mabel Ping-Hua Lee.” National Park Service. https://www.nps.gov/people/mabel-lee.htm
Tseng, Timothy. “Saving China, Saving Ourselves: 1911-1965.” ChinaSource Quarterly. Winter 2020. Posted online Dec. 7, 2020. https://www.chinasource.org/resource-library/articles/saving-china-saving-ourselves-1911-1965/
Lee, Mabel. “The Meaning of Woman Suffrage.” The Chinese Student Monthly. May 1914.  526-529. Republished: https://timtsengdotnet.files.wordpress.com/2013/12/mabel-lee-the-meaning-of-woman-suffrage-1914.pdf
Cahill, Cathleen D. “Mabel Ping-Hua Lee: How Chinese-American Women Helped Shape the Suffrage Movement.” National Park Service. https://www.nps.gov/articles/000/mabel-ping-hua-lee-how-chinese-american-women-helped-shape-the-suffrage-movement.htm
Tseng, Timothy. “Dr. Mabel Lee: The Intersticial Career of a Protestant Chinese American Woman, 1924-1950.” Paper to be presented at the 1996 Organization of American Historians meeting. https://timtsengdotnet.files.wordpress.com/2013/11/mabel-lee-paper-1996.pdf
Alexander, Kerri Lee. “Mabel Ping-Hua Lee.” National Women’s History Museum. https://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/mabel-ping-hua-lee
Michael H. Hunt. “The American Remission of the Boxer Indemnity: A Reappraisal.” The Journal of Asian Studies, vol. 31, no. 3, 1972, pp. 539–59, https://doi.org/10.2307/2052233
“New York and the 19th Amendment.” National Park Service. https://www.nps.gov/articles/new-york-and-the-19th-amendment.htm
Sears, Charles Hatch. “A Chinese Leader in New York City.” Missions: American Baptist International Magazine. Volume 16. 1925. https://books.google.com/books?id=D5rNAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA682&lpg=PA682&dq=%E2%80%9CA+Chinese+Leader+in+New+York+City,%E2%80%9D&source=bl&ots=F29TTo2f7y&sig=ACfU3U1pd1puccje3hlTvSi815lN9_M3Gg&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiy39acm8v3AhVWkokEHUNtCTAQ6AF6BAgCEAM#v=onepage&q=%E2%80%9CA%20Chinese%20Leader%20in%20New%20York%20City%2C%E2%80%9D&f=false
“Suffrage Army Out on Parade.” New York Times May 5, 1912. https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1912/05/05/100533097.pdf?pdf_redirect=true&ip=0

As a teenager, Mabel Lee fought for the women&rsquo;s vote in the U.S. even though she wouldn&rsquo;t benefit from it. As an adult, she continued to live a life in service, as community and spiritual leader in New York&rsquo;s Chinatown.
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Research:
<ul>
<li>National Archives. &ldquo;Chinese Exclusion Act (1882).&rdquo; https://www.archives.gov/milestone-documents/chinese-exclusion-act</li>
<li>&ldquo;Erasmus Hall Academy.&rdquo; National Park Service. https://www.nps.gov/places/erasmus-hall-academy.htm</li>
<li>Yang, Jia Lynn. &ldquo;Overlooked No More: Mabel Ping-Hua Lee, Suffragist With a Distinction.&rdquo; New York Times. Sept. 19, 2020. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/19/obituaries/mabel-ping-hua-lee-overlooked.html?searchResultPosition=1</li>
<li>&ldquo;New York City&rsquo;s Chinatown Post Office Named in Honor of Dr. Mabel Lee &rsquo;1916.&rdquo; Barnard College. December 3, 2018. https://barnard.edu/news/new-york-citys-chinatown-post-office-named-honor-dr-mabel-lee-1916</li>
<li>Hond, Paul. &ldquo;How Columbia Suffragists Fought for the Right of Women to Vote.&rdquo; Columbia Magazine. Fall 2020. https://magazine.columbia.edu/article/how-columbia-suffragists-fought-right-women-vote</li>
<li>&ldquo;Chinese Girl Wants Vote.&rdquo; New York Tribune. April 13, 1912. https://www.newspapers.com/image/467709486/?terms=Mabel%20Lee&amp;match=1</li>
<li>&ldquo;Parade of Women in New York Saturday, May 4, Will Break Record for Number in Line.&rdquo; The Daily News, Frederick, MD. May 2, 1912. https://www.newspapers.com/image/7632082/?terms=Mabel%20Lee&amp;match=1</li>
<li>&ldquo;Dr. Mabel Ping-Hua Lee.&rdquo; National Park Service. https://www.nps.gov/people/mabel-lee.htm</li>
<li>Tseng, Timothy. &ldquo;Saving China, Saving Ourselves: 1911-1965.&rdquo; ChinaSource Quarterly. Winter 2020. Posted online Dec. 7, 2020. https://www.chinasource.org/resource-library/articles/saving-china-saving-ourselves-1911-1965/</li>
<li>Lee, Mabel. &ldquo;The Meaning of Woman Suffrage.&rdquo; The Chinese Student Monthly. May 1914.&nbsp; 526-529. Republished: https://timtsengdotnet.files.wordpress.com/2013/12/mabel-lee-the-meaning-of-woman-suffrage-1914.pdf</li>
<li>Cahill, Cathleen D. &ldquo;Mabel Ping-Hua Lee: How Chinese-American Women Helped Shape the Suffrage Movement.&rdquo; National Park Service. https://www.nps.gov/articles/000/mabel-ping-hua-lee-how-chinese-american-women-helped-shape-the-suffrage-movement.htm</li>
<li>Tseng, Timothy. &ldquo;Dr. Mabel Lee: The Intersticial Career of a Protestant Chinese American Woman, 1924-1950.&rdquo; Paper to be presented at the 1996 Organization of American Historians meeting. https://timtsengdotnet.files.wordpress.com/2013/11/mabel-lee-paper-1996.pdf</li>
<li>Alexander, Kerri Lee. &ldquo;Mabel Ping-Hua Lee.&rdquo; National Women&rsquo;s History Museum. https://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/mabel-ping-hua-lee</li>
<li>Michael H. Hunt. &ldquo;The American Remission of the Boxer Indemnity: A Reappraisal.&rdquo;&nbsp;The Journal of Asian Studies, vol. 31, no. 3, 1972, pp. 539&ndash;59, https://doi.org/10.2307/2052233</li>
<li>&ldquo;New York and the 19th Amendment.&rdquo; National Park Service. https://www.nps.gov/articles/new-york-and-the-19th-amendment.htm</li>
<li>Sears, Charles Hatch. &ldquo;A Chinese Leader in New York City.&rdquo; Missions: American Baptist International Magazine. Volume 16. 1925. https://books.google.com/books?id=D5rNAAAAMAAJ&amp;pg=PA682&amp;lpg=PA682&amp;dq=%E2%80%9CA+Chinese+Leader+in+New+York+City,%E2%80%9D&amp;source=bl&amp;ots=F29TTo2f7y&amp;sig=ACfU3U1pd1puccje3hlTvSi815lN9_M3Gg&amp;hl=en&amp;sa=X&amp;ved=2ahUKEwiy39acm8v3AhVWkokEHUNtCTAQ6AF6BAgCEAM#v=onepage&amp;q=%E2%80%9CA%20Chinese%20Leader%20in%20New%20York%20City%2C%E2%80%9D&amp;f=false</li>
<li>&ldquo;Suffrage Army Out on Parade.&rdquo; New York Times May 5, 1912. https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1912/05/05/100533097.pdf?pdf_redirect=true&amp;ip=0</li>
</ul>

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