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Title
Business, family and personal philanthropy in Peru, China, and the United States : oral history transcript / Isabel Wong-Vargas
Creator
Wong-Vargas, Isabel, 1922-, Interviewee
Contributor
Wong-Vargas, Isabel, 1922-, Interviewee
Nathan, Harriet, Interviewer
Date Created and/or Issued
1993
Publication Information
The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720-6000; http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/
Berkeley, Calif : Regional Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley
Contributing Institution
UC Berkeley, Bancroft Library
Collection
California Cultures: selected documents from the Bancroft Library
Rights Information
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Description
Discusses family and early years in Peru, China, and Hong Kong; return to Peru and businesses there in 1951; being a business woman in Berkeley, Calif., since 1966; gives her thoughts on women in business, philanthropy, higher education; compares Chinese, Peruvian, and American cultures
Part of the Berkeley Oral Histories concerning Chicano, Latin and Native American Communities in the Bancroft Library
This manuscript is made available for research purposes only. All publication rights are reserved to The Bancroft Library of the University of California, Berkeley. Requests for permission to quote for publication should be addressed to the Regional Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley
An
Type
text
Format
328 p
Form/Genre
Oral Histories
Identifier
http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/hb609nb3x2
BANC MSS 95/55
Language
English
Subject
Businesswomen--Peru--Interviews
Businesswomen--California--Berkeley--Interviews
Philanthropists--California--Interviews
World War, 1939-1945--China
China--History--20th century
Hong Kong (China)--History--20th century
Chinese American women--California--Interviews

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