Preface -- Acknowledgments -- A historical review and synthesis of Asian American women -- pt. 1. Chinese -- 1. First America-born women -- 2. Foreign-born women in professional fields -- 3. Interracial marriage -- 4. Attaining education -- pt. 2. Filipinas -- 5. Immigrant women at work -- 6. Filipinas in the health industry -- 7. Younger generation : defining identity -- 8. Interracial marriage -- pt. 3. Japanese -- 9. Concentration camp experience -- 10. Interracial marriage and immigrant women in professional fields -- 11. Attaining education -- pt. 4. Koreans -- 12. Adoptees -- 13. Life of immigrant women -- 14. Interracial marriage -- 15. Generational conflict -- pt. 5. Asian Indians and Pakistanis -- 16. At home and preserving traditions -- 17. Foreign-born women in professional fields -- 18. Factory work and the hotel business -- 19. Attaining education -- pt. 6. Vietnamese, Laotians, Hmong, and Thai -- 20. Refugee experience -- 21. Vietnamese adoptees -- 22. Interracial marriage -- 23. Generational and cultural conflict -- Asian American mosaic -- About the author -- Works cited -- Index.