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Margaret Jessie Chung | |||||||||||
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_(cropped).png) Margaret "Mom" Chung in 1914 | |||||||||||
| Born | October 2, 1889 | ||||||||||
| Died | January 5, 1959 (aged 69) San Francisco, California | ||||||||||
| Other names | "Mom" Chung | ||||||||||
| Occupation(s) | Surgeon, philanthropist | ||||||||||
| Years active | Beginning in 1916 | ||||||||||
| Known for | First Chinese-American female physician; "adopting" 1,500+ servicemen in World War II; helped found the WAVES | ||||||||||
| Chinese name | |||||||||||
| Chinese | 張瑪珠 | ||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 张玛珠 | ||||||||||
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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[1] 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.
- ^ "Mom Chung". Bamboo Productions. Archived from the original on January 9, 2019. Retrieved March 10, 2017.