Connie Young Yu

Connie Young Yu

Connie Young Yu speaking at the Labor Hall of Honor, Washington, D.C., 2014
Born Connie Mary Young
(1941-06-19) June 19, 1941
Los Angeles
Residence Los Altos Hills, California
Occupation writer, historian, lecturer
Spouse(s) Dr. John Kou Ping Yu

Connie Young Yu (born 1941) is a Chinese American writer, historian, and lecturer. She is "the author of countless articles and two books: (Profiles in Excellence: Peninsula Chinese Americans and Chinatown San Jose, U.S.A.)... through articles, essays, lectures, and community activities, she has devoted her energies for more than a quarter of a century in rediscovering a history of Chinese and Asian America that has, for the most part, been forgotten, overlooked, and even hidden." (Profile: "Connie Young Yu, 1944-, writer, Notable Asian Americans, edited by Helen Zia and Susan B. Gall, Detroit: Gale Research, 1995)

Biography

Yu grew up in San Francisco, California with her older sister, Janey Young Cheu, and younger brother, Alfred John Young. Her father was John C. Young, a Colonel in the United States Army Reserve and businessman. Her mother was Mary Lee Young, an artist and art collector. She is married to Dr. John Kou Ping Yu, an oncologist, and together they have 3 children: Jennifer Yu, Jessica Yu, Marty Yu, and 3 grandchildren.

Connie graduated from George Washington High School (San Francisco). She studied literature and journalism at Mills College where she was the Valedictorian of her 1963 graduating class.

Yu spoke on behalf of all the descendants of Chinese Transcontinental Railroad workers at the United States Department of Labor induction of the Chinese Railroad Workers into the Labor Hall of Honor on May 9, 2014. [1]

"Yu said she takes comfort in seeing her great grandfather's efforts remembered in the halls of the U.S. government". [2]

On April 24th, 2016, she was presented the State of California's 13th Senate District "Woman of the Year" award by Senator Jerry Hill.[3]

Photo taken of Connie Young Yu and Norman Mineta in Washington D.C. 2014.

References

  1. ↑ http://web.stanford.edu/group/chineserailroad/cgi-bin/wordpress/may-2014-dept-of-labor-inducts-chinese-transcontinental-railroad-workers-into-hall-of-honor/
  2. ↑ http://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2014/05/10/311157404/descendants-of-chinese-laborers-reclaim-railroads-history
  3. ↑ http://chsa.org/2016/04/connie-young-yu-awarded-woman-of-the-year-by-senator-jerry-hill/

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