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February 2020
China Mary: History and Legend

February 6, 2020 @ 10:30 am - 11:30 am

Paradise Valley Community College - Buxton Library 18401 N 32nd St, Phoenix, AZ, United States

A 1960 episode of The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp, the first Western television series, immortalized China Mary as a strong, powerful and ruthless Asian female figure in American popular imagination. The legend of her as an infamous Dragon Lady who ruled Tombstone’s Chinatown with an iron fist cannot be substantiated by historical research. […]
China Mary: History and Legend

February 11, 2020 @ 2:30 pm - 4:00 pm

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A 1960 episode of The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp, the first Western television series, immortalized China Mary as a strong, powerful and ruthless Asian female figure in American popular imagination. The legend of her as an infamous Dragon Lady who ruled Tombstone’s Chinatown with an iron fist cannot be substantiated by historical research. […]