March 17, 2023 | Community Spotlight: The Women of Chinatown | By: Marta Olmos, Communications Coordinator at Main Street America |
Chinatown Gate. Photo by Kyle Klein.
“Back in the day, in the 1800s, and really up until the 1940s, 50s, 60s, it was only men.” Debbie Ho, Executive Director of Boston’s Chinatown Main Street , knows the history of her district well. As I speak with her, the history of Boston’s Chinatown feels real and tangible—animated by her presence within it. Although the district, like many Chinatowns across the country, was originally founded and populated predominately by men, it’s the stories of the powerful women, like Debbie, ...