Name/Title
Oral History of Connie Young YuEntry/Object ID
2015.082.001Scope and Content
Connie Yu attended Mills College. She moved to Los Altos Hills around the time of the Peace Movement. She talks about her preservation work in Woodside with the Folger Stable and the Chinese Walls. The talk concludes with a mention of Connie's fencing, and the creation of Asian-Americans for Community Involvement (AACI), and Connie's role in the organization.
Connie goes into more detail about what life was like post WWII in San Francisco, and her father's import/export soy sauce business. Connie talks about her father's involvement in the Chinese-American community, and her experience of prejudice during the 1950's. She then talks about her time at Mills College in the Model UN and meeting her husband. Connie recalls getting married and moving to New York City, and then coming back to California. She then talks about how she became even more socially aware and politically involved. Connie then talks about the decision to move to Los Altos Hills and her involvement with the Peace Movement. While involved with the Peace Movement, Connie helped in creating a Peace Quilt and she talks about the different versions of that and the book she created for it.Collection
Oral History CollectionOral History Details
Interviewee
Connie Young YuInterviewer
Kristin MorrisInterview Date
Aug 25, 2015