Society & Culture

THE MATRIARCH OF CHINATOWN Ou Shee Eng

What'sHerName by Dr. Katie Nelson and Olivia Meikle

Apr 27, 202659:32Society & Culture

For 61 years, Ou Shee Eng's tiny apartment in Seattle's Chinatown was the heart of a community of women. Possessing the rare ability to read and write Chinese, Ou Shee was the reader and scribe of everyone's letters. Wha...

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THE MATRIARCH OF CHINATOWN Ou Shee Eng is an episode from What'sHerName by Dr. Katie Nelson and Olivia Meikle. For 61 years, Ou Shee Eng's tiny apartment in Seattle's Chinatown was the heart of a community of women. Possessing the rare abil...

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Published Apr 27, 2026, 59:32 long, audio available.

THE MATRIARCH OF CHINATOWN Ou Shee Eng

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