d. Many of the employers and interviewers would not even consider Chinese for jobs. This was especially true for Chinese women. “Women were not allowed to work as sales representatives” (Takaki 94). Very few women were hired in any fields outside of cooking, waitresses, and dishwashers.“In 1868, the Burlingame Treaty between the U.S. and China guarantees protection of civil rights for the Chinese living in America” (Takaki 118). This brought some help to them but because of an earlier law they could not become citizens. A couple of years later in 1870, the Federal Civil Rights Act was passed. This would increase the rights of Chinese living here and give them more status and legal support.The United States in 1875 places limits on how many Chinese women will be allowed to migrate to the U.S. “By 1887, only 5 percent of the Chinese in America were females” (Daniels 17). Many males left families behind hoping to make money to bring their wives and kids to America. Many though were unable to bring their families here either because of financial reasons or because of the immigration limit on Chinese women.“In 1884, attempting mainly to stop Chinese prostitution, the United States government totally prohibited Chinese women from immigrating to the U.S.” (Daniels 44). The original plan enacted by President Grant was to make the transportation of women to or from the U.S. for purposes of prostitution illegal. “But the act was incapable of being enforced” (Daniels 44). During the early morning hours of April 18, 1906, a powerful earthquake rocked San Francisco, California. As a result of the quake, several fires broke out all across the city. “The fires, more than the actual quake had a profound effect on the Chinese population in America” (Takaki 29). The fires destroyed a great portion of the city’s immigration records. San Francisco was the bigges...
