Helen Char

Helen CHAR

1913 from Hawai'i

Helen was born in Honolulu to Chinese immigrants. She was twelve years old when she arrived on Angel Island as a domestic servant for an American military family on their way to Kansas. She eventually returned to Hawai'i and became a teacher in the public school system.

(Portrait by Colleen Rocks, SFSU 2017)

• Read about Helen Char in "Immigrant Voices"