page_title: Margaret Chung
hierarchical_section_title: Margaret Chung
caption_attribution_description: English: Portrait of Margaret "Mom" Chung from 1914, taken while studying medicine at the University of Southern California.
context_page_description: Margaret Jessie Chung, born in Santa Barbara, California, was the first known American-born Chinese female physician. After graduating from the University of Southern California Medical School in 1916 and completing her internship and residency in Illinois, she established one of the first Western medical clinics in San Francisco's Chinatown in the early 1920s.
context_section_description: Margaret Jessie Chung (Chinese: 張瑪珠, October 2, 1889 – January 5, 1959), born in Santa Barbara, California, was the first known American-born Chinese female physician. After graduating from the University of Southern California Medical School in 1916 and completing her internship and residency in Illinois, she established one of the first Western medical clinics in San Francisco's Chinatown in the early 1920s.
caption: Margaret "Mom" Chung in 1914
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