Ah toy
Ah Toy ( Chinese 阿 台 , Pinyin Ā Tái ; * 1828 ; † February 1, 1928 in San Jose , California ) was an American prostitute and brothel owner who had emigrated from China . The Americanist Judy Yung called her "the most famous Chinese woman in popular literature of the 19th century".
Ah Toy was born in China. She came to San Francisco from Hong Kong in 1848 or 1849 and began working there as an entertainer and prostitute, and later as a pimp and brothel operator. In 1850 she married the wealthy Chinese Henry Conrad. When several hundred Chinese prostitutes arrived in California in 1852, Ah Toy opened more brothels. In 1859 she withdrew from the public. On February 2, 1928, newspaper advertisements announced the death of Ah Toy. She died just a few months before her 100th birthday.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Curt Gentry: The Madams of San Francisco , p 65
- ↑ James R. Smith: San Francisco's Lost Landmarks , p. 76
- ^ A b Judy Yung: Unbound Feet: A Social History of Chinese Women in San Francisco. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1995. ISBN 0-520-08867-0 , pp. 33 f.
- ↑ Laura Madeline Wiseman: Ah Toy . In: Melissa Hope Ditmore (Ed.): Encyclopedia of Prostitution and Sex Work. Westport: Greenwood Press, 2006. ISBN 0-313-32968-0
- ↑ China Mary, Widely Known Clam Seller, Dies at Age of 99 in the San Jose Mercury Herald, Feb.2, 1928, p. 8
- ^ San Jose Buries China Mary, 100, Famed Pioneer in San Francisco Examiner , Feb.2 , 1928, p. 8
- ^ Judy Yung: Unbound Feet: A Social History of Chinese Women in San Francisco , p. 34
- ↑ Elizabeth Sinn: Pacific Crossing: California Gold, Chinese Migration, and the Making of Hong Kong , p. 221
- ↑ Biographical Dictionary of Chinese Women , p. 3 f.
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| SURNAME | Ah, toy |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American brothel operator |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1828 |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 1, 1928 |
| Place of death | San Jose , California |