Keywords: Dogon Goon
Item 10364
Arthur Goon on Navy ship, 1954
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1954 Location: Portland Media: Photoprint
Item 102761
Toy Len Goon and Dogan Goon, Portland, 1922
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1922 Location: 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.