Fragmented Power, Feminized Politics: Women’s Community Leadership in Post-1965 Chinatowns

• In Event: Gender, Power, and Leadership in Local Governance

Brief Overview

Women lead Philadelphia and Boston Chinatowns through grassroots activism rather than elite patronage. The paper explains how weak political machines and limited CCBA power enabled feminized community leadership after 1965.

Author

• Kaiyu Li, Bryn Mawr College