Vintage 1941 First Edition Hardcover: “The Soong Sisters” by Emily Hahn

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“The Soong sisters, Soong Ai-ling, Soong Ching-ling, and Soong Mei-ling, were three prominent women in modern Chinese history. Of Hakka descent, with ancestral roots in Wenchang, Hainan, they were raised as Christians in Shanghai and educated in the United States. All three sisters married powerful men, respectively, from eldest to youngest, H. H. Kung, Sun Yat Sen, and Chiang Kai-shek. Along with their husbands, they became among China's most significant political figures of the early 20th century.”

“Emily Mickey Hahn (January 14, 1905 – February 18, 1997) was an American journalist and writer. Considered an early feminist and called a forgotten American literary treasure by The New Yorker magazine, she was the author of over 50 books and more than 200 articles and short stories.””

“Her years in Shanghai, China (from 1935 to the Japanese invasion of Hong Kong in 1941) were the most tumultuous of her life.”