Margaret Chung
Margaret Jessie Chung | |||||||||||
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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 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.