The First Lady of China
date: label: date made
content: 1943
notes: label: Description
content: This book details Madame Chiang Kai-Shek’s visit to the U.S. during World War II in 1943, a little over a year after the bombing of Pearl Harbor. During her visit, she delivered a speech to the House of Representatives, where she was thankful of China’s relations with the U.S. and asked for more U.S. aid in the Pacific Theater.
label: Description
content: Madame Chiang’s visit and speech marked her as the only female foreign dignitary to address a House Reception. Additionally, it marked China and U.S. unity against Japan as the common enemy.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States
topic: label: Subject
content: Asian Pacific Americans
label: Subject
content: Asian Americans
label: Subject
content: Chinese Americans
setName: label: See more items in
content: Work and Industry: Asian Pacific American Business
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2019.0268.02
label: accession number
content: 2019.0268
label: catalog number
content: 2019.0268.02
objectType: label: Object Name
content: book
label: Object Type
content: Book
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 25.3 cm x 17.4 cm x 1 cm; 9 31/32 in x 6 27/32 in x 13/32 in