Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In 1834, teenager Afong Moy became the first known Chinese woman to come to the United States, where she was displayed as a kind ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Alexandra Szeto-Joe and Lloyd Wayne Taylor in 'The Chinese Lady' (Melissa Taylor) Only 14 years-old when she was brought to ...

In 1834, 16-year-old Afong Moy, the first Chinese woman to set foot in America, sailed into New York Harbor to be featured in a museum. She sees herself as a representative of China, here to educate ...

Television stars Keiko Agena and Rex Lee bring impressive power to playwright Lloyd Suh’s fact-based and moving play, “The Chinese Lady,” running on the Alliance Theatre’s Hertz Stage through Oct. 17.

In 1834, a 14-year-old girl arrived in New York and changed history. Lloyd Suh's award-winning play The Chinese Lady tells the extraordinary story of Afong Moy and her more than 50 years in America, ...

Inspired by the true story of the first Chinese woman to step foot in America, Lloyd Suh’s critically-acclaimed play, THE CHINESE LADY, is a tale of dark poetic whimsy and a unique portrait of the ...

In 1834, teenager Afong Moy became the first known Chinese woman to come to the United States, where she was displayed as a kind of side show attraction by two American businessman trying to promote ...

Only 14 years-old when she was brought to America, Afong Moy was used as a living advertisement for the Chinese wares and furnishings of merchants Nathaniel and Frederic Carnes. As the first Asian ...