Lily Tung Crystal as Tye Leung, Tuesday, October 18, 7-8pm

Bay Area actor Lily Tung Crystal portrays Tye Leung, a San Francisco woman who was both the first Chinese-American woman to vote in the U.S., and the first Chinese American of either gender to work a civil service job for the federal government as a translator at Angel Island immigration station. The program will cover her childhood into her adult years.

This program is part of the city-wide Women's Suffrage Centenial celebration. For other programs related to this celebration, please visit the SFPL website or click here.