Xiaolan Bao

Xiaolan Bao (1949 – January 22, 2006) was a Burmese American historian, educator, and researcher. She was the author of the 2001 book, ''Holding Up More Than Half the Sky: Chinese Women Garment Workers in New York City'', which is regarded as a breakthrough work of Asian American labor history. Her academic field was Chinese and Chinese American women's history and labor history. Provided by Wikipedia