Toy Len Goon, American Mother of the Year, New York, 1952
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Maine Historical Society
In 1952, Clara Soule, a former teacher at the Americanization school in Portland, nominated Toy Len for a "Mother of the Year" award in Maine to help spread Goon's immigration success story.
Goon won, and was later named American Mother of the Year. Toy Len Goon became a U.S. citizen in 1968.
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