dec 31, 1919 - 1920 - INFLUX CHINESE IMMIGRATION

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In 1910 there were 65 Chinese women and 1,713 men in Chicago, Chinese Population reached 2,353 in 1920. and by 1926 women still constituted less than 6 percent of the population. The severe shortage of women made normal family life impossible for many Chinese, delaying the growth of a second generation of Chinese Americans and contributing to the sense among Americans that Chinese were “alien.” While anti-Chinese sentiment was not as strong in Chicago as on the West Coast, it nevertheless significantly shaped where Chinese lived and worked. Many Chinese, faced with limited occupational opportunities, opened laundries, which were considered difficult and undesirable to own and run. Some carved out a niche in the restaurant business. Concerned about being targets of hostility, most Chinese in Chicago chose to disperse themselves across the city rather than live in Chinatown like Chinese in most other American cities.

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