Correspondence between the League of Women Voters and the Vancouver City Clerk_17 Feb 1943 - 17 Mar 1943: White waitresses in Chinatown

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Correspondence between the League of Women Voters and the Vancouver City Clerk_17 Feb 1943 - 17 Mar 1943: White waitresses in Chinatown

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CVA Correspondence League of Women Voters to City Clerk_17 Feb 1943
CVA Correspondence City Clerk to League of Women Voters, Police Commissioner_2 Mar 1943
CVA Correspondence City Solictor to League of Womens Voterrs_17 Mar 1943_p1
CVA Correspondence City Solictor to League of Womens Voterrs_17 Mar 1943_p2

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Correspondence 17 Feb 1943 - 17 Mar 1943
Title
Correspondence between the League of Women Voters and the Vancouver City Clerk_17 Feb 1943 - 17 Mar 1943: White waitresses in Chinatown
Description
The League of Women Voters allege white women are working in Chinatown counter to legislation. The City Clerk replies with an interpretation of policies instituted in 1937/1938 which suggests the City may be moving away from their earlier position.
Format
4 JPGs, Photos taken by researchers.
Type
Letters
Creator
City of Vancouver
League of Women Voters
Date Created
2024-02-29
Is Part Of
CVA Folder: Chinese restaurants and employment of white girls 1943;
Location 115C3; File no 18; Series 480
Date
1943

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Theme
See all items with this valueLabour
Sub-theme
Racism
Subject
Government policy
Tags and Specific Analysis
Race
Moral panic
Sexism
Waitresses
Chinatown restaurants
Places, Locations and Nations
Chinatown, Vancouver, Canada
Unceded Territories of the xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish) and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations
Note
Unofficial copy. Photographed by researcher.

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Source
See all items with this valueCity of Vancouver Archives
Provenance
City of Vancouver
Access Rights
For research purposes. Contact archivists for details.
Rights Holder
City of Vancouver

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Reviewer 8

This is tagged with “Chinatown cafes an restaurants,” but there is another tag of “Chinese restaurants and Cafes,” which means the items don’t get connected. Is there a way to combine tags, or suggest similar ones when tagging so there aren’t overlaps/duplicates being made that prevent useful tagging?

Mar 1, 2024

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