The First American-Born Chinese Woman Doctor | Unladylike2020 | American Masters | PBS

Official website: | #Unladylike2020 Margaret Chung overcame great racism and sexism to become the first American-born Chinese female doctor in 1916. Subscribe to the American Masters channel for more clips: Enjoy full episodes of your favorite American Masters films: FOLLOW AMERICAN MASTERS: Facebook: Twitter: #AmericanMastersPBS Instagram: #AmericanMastersPBS FOLLOW PBS: Facebook: Twitter: Instagram: Shop: Margaret Chung (1889-1959) overcame great racism and sexism to become the first American-born Chinese female doctor in 1916. She also helped establish WAVES, the women’s naval reserves, paving the way for women’s integration into the U.S armed forces. UNLADYLIKE2020 brings her story of breaking barriers back to life through rare archival imagery, captivating original artwork and animation, and interviews with Judy Tzu-Chun Wu, author of Doctor Mom Chung of the Fair-Haired Bastards, and Esther Choo, an emergency medicine doctor, co-founder of Equity Quotient and founding member of Time’s Up Healthcare. ___________________________________ Launched in 1986 on PBS, American Masters has earned 28 Emmy Awards — including 10 for Outstanding Non-Fiction Series and five for Outstanding Non-Fiction Special — 13 Peabodys, an Oscar, three Grammys, two Producers Guild Awards, and many other honors. To further explore the lives and works of masters past and present, American Masters offers streaming video of select films, outtakes, filmmaker interviews, the American Masters Podcast, educational resources and more. The series is a production of THIRTEEN PRODUCTIONS LLC for WNET and also seen on the WORLD channel.