Clara Elizabeth Chan Lee

Female, Deceased Person

1886 – 1993

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Who was Clara Elizabeth Chan Lee?

Clara Elizabeth Chan Lee was the first Chinese American woman to register to vote in the United States. She registered to vote on November 8, 1911 in California following the passage of Proposition 4 in California, nine years before the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.

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Born
Oct 21, 1886
Portland
Ethnicity
  • Chinese American
Nationality
  • United States of America
Died
Oct 5, 1993

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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