What’s the ideal number of kids you would have, if any? Two? Ten? Well how about adopting thousands of grown men as your “sons”. That’s essentially what Dr. Margaret Chung did and it is one of the many reasons we are sharing her story in this episode. Dr. Chung was the first Asian-American female physician in the United States and she grew up during a time not so different from our present day, where Asians in America were scapegoated and punished simply for existing. Join us as we learn about Margaret, her rise from rancher to plastic surgeon to business owner to “mother” of thousands of American military men in World War II. This is a story you won’t want to miss!

Check out our Feminist Corner discussion questions after listening and send us your thoughts! 

• Some say that Margaret Chung was beyond her time, what time period or generation do you think you’d want to live in/were meant to be in?
• How do you feel the model minority myth played into or didn’t play into Margaret’s life story?