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Nellie Yip Quong (née Nellie Towers; 1882-1949) was a Canadian midwife, feminist, and social activist.〔(Vancouver Heritage Foundation Weekly: Places That Matter ~ Nellie Yip Quong House — Vancouver Is Awesome )〕 She best known for being, with her husband Charlie Yip Quong, as the first mixed Oriental/Caucasian married couple in Vancouver.〔(When An Old House Whispers...: History Walking Tours in Vancouver's Old East End )〕 For over thirty years, she help improve the conditions of Canadian life upon Chinese families.〔(Nellie Yip's House - YouTube )〕 In 2008, she was designated a Person of National Historic Significance for being a "bold and outspoken advocate for her adopted community, she served as an intermediary between the Euro-Canadian and Chinese Canadian societies."〔(Yip Quong, Nellie National Historic Person )〕 ==Biography== Yip Quong was born in St. John's under the name Nellie Towers. She went to the United States for private education. Afterwards, she worked as an English teacher in New York City. While teaching, she met Charlie Yip Quong, a Chinese jeweller from Vancouver.〔 In 1900, she married Charlie Yip Quong in New York City, back when interracial marriages were rare. After some time in both New York City and Vancouver, the couple went to China. In 1904, they returned to Vancouver.〔100 More Canadian Heroines: Famous and Forgotten Faces by Merna Forster, pg. 285 http://books.google.ca/books?id=nPqQ2rzWL7IC&pg=PA284&lpg=PA284&dq=Nellie+Yip+Quong&source=bl&ots=GAsMYLjR5p&sig=MPDSkGM4oQRdcPFtVs2vP8YtQQY&hl=en&sa=X&ei=hn3qU8b0MIKYyATMk4L4Cw&ved=0CHgQ6AEwEA#v=onepage&q=Nellie%20Yip%20Quong&f=false〕 In 1917, Charlie and Nellie moved to 783 East Pender Street. There she provided health and social services in Chinese, that were not available in Vancouver due to racism.〔(Nellie Yip Quong and International Women’s Day | Dundurn )〕 Among the services provided was midwifery, where she aided in the delivery of about 500 babies.〔 She also arranged adoptions for unwanted children.〔(The Nellie Yip House on 783 East Pender Street | Chinese Canadian Stories )〕 Eventually, she was hired by the Chinese Benevolent Association of Vancouver as the first public health nurse for the Chinese population. She also acted as an interpreter in Vancouver and translated court cases.〔 In addition, she "convinced the Vancouver General Hospital to end their policy of keeping all non-Caucasian patients in the basement."〔(Nellie Yip Quong and International Women’s Day | Defining Canada )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Nellie Yip Quong」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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