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Mary Woon Lee [pseudonym] interview
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1979 (Creation)
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1 audio reel (00:30:00) : 9.5 cm/sec, 2 track, mono ; 13 cm
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Copied from cassette originals loaned by donor. Originals retained by Downtown Eastside Women's Centre.
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PERIOD COVERED: ;1930;-;1979 RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1979 [summer] SUMMARY: Immigrated to Canada in 1973; received "Min Com" social assistance shortly after her arrival in Canada; thankful for the different levels of government assistance in Canada for Old people; presently baby-sits grandchildren while her daughter works; worked as a farm labourer in China; compares China and Canada's social welfare system; during the Communist revolution in China, she was classified as ;a middle-class labourer, so survived the purge; speaks of her life experiences during the Sino-Japanese war; her philosophy of life; not active in community affairs; the Chinatown district is unsafe for her at night; discusses women's rights in China before 1949.
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Downtown Eastside Women's Centre (Vancouver, B.C.), 1980-07-16
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Interview conducted in Chinese.
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- Transcript (of English translation) on file.
- Reference cassette copy available
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Open, but interviewees are to remain ANONYMOUS.
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- Copying Restriction: Any reference to the interviewees may only be by the assigned pseudonyms, which must be identified as not being their real names.
- Use Restriction: Any reference to the interviewees may only be by the assigned pseudonyms, which must be identified as not being their real names.
- Copyright Status: Copyright undetermined.
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Accession number(s): T3708
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Previously described as AAAB4103
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Half-track masters
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speaker: Mary Woon Lee [pseudonym], interviewer: Helena Yeung, translation: Helena Yeung