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Card 6

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"I have tried to turn myself American-feminine" p. 13

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Card 7

Front

"I have believed that sex was unspeakable and words so strong and fathers so frail that 'aunt' would do my father serious harm" p.18

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Card 8

Front

"we failed if we grew up to be but wives or slaves" p. 23

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Card 9

Front

"She said I would grow up a wife and slave, but she taught me the song of the warrior woman, Fa Mu Lan. I would have to grow up a warrior woman" p.24

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Card 10

Front

"My American life has been such a disappointment " p.55

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Card 11

Front

"I was getting straight As for the good of my future husband's family, not my own. I did not plan ever to have a husband" p. 57

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Card 12

Front

"There is a Chinese word for the female I - which is 'slave'" p.57

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Card 13

Front

"Isn't a bad girl almost a boy" p.57

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Card 14

Front

"Even now China wraps double binds around my feet" p. 58

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Card 15

Front

"My brain had momentarily lost its depth perception. I was that eager to find an unusual bird" p.60

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