Person/Organization: Goon, Toy Len
Item 10495
Chinese laundry soap, Portland, ca. 1950
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1950 Location: Portland Media: Soap
Item 17361
Toy Len Goon in Washington, D.C., 1952
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1952 Location: Washington; Portland Media: Photographic print
Exhibit
Toy Len Goon: Mother of the Year
Toy Len Goon of Portland, an immigrant from China, was a widow with six children when she was selected in 1952 as America's Mother of the Year.
Story
From Chinese Laundress to Mother of the Year
by Dr. Andrea Louie
Toy Len Goon's granddaughter recounts her immigration to the US and becoming Mother of the Year.
