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Education for second-generation Chinese American women was more accessible. Although some Chinese parents believed that formal education was mainly appropriate for their sons, others realized the social and economic value of education for their daughters as well. Chinese girls who did manage to go to school faced discrimination, poverty, and enduring social ambivalence about female education. As a result, few of the first Chinese American young women finished high school and entered college. Click here to see more images of Chinese American school children.
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