AANHPI History Calendar

· Washington, D.C.

Judy Chu Enters Congress

achievement

Judy Chu was sworn into the US House after a special-election win, becoming the first Chinese American woman elected to Congress.

Communities
  • Chinese American
Topics
  • politics
Event type
  • achievement/first
Identity lens
  • women

Sources

  • npr.org npr.org/2009/07/22/106880014/first-chinese-american-woman-enters-congress
  • chu.house.gov chu.house.gov/about/biography