Judy yung biography

Judy Yung, emerita professor of American studies, author, and scholar of Chinese American history at UC Santa Cruz, died on December 14, 2020, at age 74.

She was co-author of the landmark 2010 book, Angel Island: Immigrant Gateway to America, the official publication commemorating the 100th anniversary of Angel Island Immigration station in San Francisco Bay, offering a comprehensive history of West Coast immigration policies that excluded Asians and barred them from becoming naturalized citizens.

Yung's research on Angel Island was personal; her father was a detainee. 

She was also the author of Unbound Voices: A Documentary History of Chinese Women in San Francisco.

Drawing upon an intimate collection of letters, poems, autobiographies, newspaper clippings, and oral histories, the book portrays the lives of 40 Chinese American women from the late 1800s through World War II, creating a picture of th