March 3, 1875 · Washington, D.C.

Page Act Signed Into Law

injustice

The first restrictive federal immigration law effectively barred Chinese women by presuming them to be immoral.

Sources

immigrationhistory.org immigrationhistory.org/item/page-act
nps.gov nps.gov/articles/000/ulysses-s-grant-chinese-immigration-and-the-page-act-of-1875

Also on March 3

March 3, 1885 resistance

Tape v. Hurley Decided

The California Supreme Court ruled that Chinese American children like Mamie Tape could not be barred from public school; San Francisco responded by opening a segregated 'Chinese' school. (Shares Mar 3 with the 1875 Page Act.)