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Ask the Yangxifu: Six Western Women of the Past who Married Chinese Men

September 2, 2011September 18, 2011 Jocelyn Eikenburg 20 Comments China, China life, China memoir, Chinese family, Chinese guy, Chinese husband, Chinese men, Favorites, Fong See, For all eternity, foreign woman, Gertrude Wagner-Du, Gladys Yang, Grace Divine Liu, Grace: An American Woman in China, Huie Kin, Letticie See, life in China, Lisa See, Liu Fu-Chi, Louise Van Arnam Huie, Mae Franking, Mae Franking's My Chinese Marriage, On Gold Mountain, On The Other Side of the Bridge, Tiam, Western women, White Tiger: An Autobiography of Yang Xianyi, Yang Xianyi, 芬妮的微笑

You might call them our “yangxifu grandmothers,” the Western women of the past who paved the way for us to love/marry Chinese men. Here’s my list of six prominent women.