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Rose Hum Lee was born on 20 August, 1904 in Oman, is an American sociologist. Discover Rose Hum Lee's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 60 years old?

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Occupation Professor of sociology
Age 60 years old
Zodiac Sign Leo
Born 20 August, 1904
Birthday 20 August
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Date of death 1964
Died Place Phoenix, Arizona
Nationality Oman

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1904

Rose Hum Lee (August 20, 1904 – March 25, 1964) was a first generation Chinese-American who became the first woman and the first Chinese-American to head a United States university sociology department.

Daughter of Hum Wong Long and Lin Fong, Hum was born the second of seven children and raised in Butte, Montana.

She attended Butte High School and trained to become a secretary.

While working in Philadelphia Hum met and married to Ku Young Lee, a Chinese national who was in the US pursuing an engineering degree from the University of Pennsylvania.

After their marriage they moved to Canton, China with the intention of working for the new republican government there.

1937

During the Japanese invasion of China in 1937, Rose organized emergency social services for displaced widows and children.

In the process, she adopted one of the children, Elaine, as her own, and brought her to the U.S. just before World War II began.

She earned her B.S. in social work from the Carnegie Institute of Technology in Pittsburgh, financing her degree with "lectures and freelance writing about the situation in China."

1939

She remained there until their divorce in 1939.

1947

She completed her doctorate at the University of Chicago in 1947 with her thesis titled, The Growth and Decline of Chinese Communities in the Rocky Mountain Region.

It was during these years that she authored two plays for children, one of which was produced by Goodman Theatre in Chicago.

Rose gained a teaching position in sociology at the newly formed Roosevelt University in Chicago.

1951

In 1951, she married Glenn Ginn, a Chinese-American lawyer from Phoenix and in 1961 they moved to Arizona.

1956

In 1956, she was named head of the sociology department, and she was promoted to full professor three years later.

1964

On March 25, 1964, she died of a stroke in Phoenix.