Who is Jade Snow from Strangers from a Different Shore: A History of Asian Americans and what is their importance? Strangers_from_a_Different_Shore:_A_History_of_Asian_Americans English & Literature Jade Snow | Strangers from a Different Shore: A History of Asian Americans

Jade Snow was born in America and the daughter of a garment factory owner in San Francisco's Chinatown. She was enrolled in Chinese evening school at the age of eight. When her younger brother was born, she watched him treated differently, receiving privileges she didn't receive. Sons were more important than daughters. Her father told her to obtain an American education. She attended San Francisco Junior College and then Mills College. As long as she was at home, she had to abide by the rules of her parents. Told that she could not compete in a man's world, she became a writer and opened her own ceramics shop.