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[[File:Zoomed In Picture of S.K. Chan.jpg|thumb|Picture of S.K. Chan]]
'''Dr. S.K. Chan''' was the President of the [[Chinese Americans|Chinese American]] Equal [[Suffrage]] Society in [[Portland, Oregon]], United States.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-03-02|title=Who Was Left Out of the Story?|url=https://americanhistory.si.edu/creating-icons/who-was-left-out-story|access-date=2021-07-13|website=National Museum of American History|language=en}}</ref>
== Suffrage activism ==
{{main|Chinese American women's suffrage in Oregon}}
On April 11,1912, Dr. S.K. Chan acted in response to woman suffrage movements occurring in China, the United States, and other Pacific Northwest countries. She and seven Portland Chinese women attended a banquet in honor of La Reine Helen Baker, a magazine writer and author, at the Portland Hotel as part of 150 equal suffrage workers.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Documents Project|url=http://centuryofaction.org/index.php/main_site/document_project/chinese_american_woman_suffrage_in_1912_portland|access-date=2021-04-16|website=centuryofaction.org}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web|title=News Articles|url=http://centuryofaction.org/index.php/main_site/News_Articles/chinese_women_dine_with_white_part_1_of_3|access-date=2021-04-16|website=centuryofaction.org}}</ref>
Along with Dr. S.K. Chan''',''' the other six Chinese women involved were her two daughters, Bertie and Fannie Chan, Mrs. Ng Tong, Tong's two daughters, Ida and Beulah Tong, and Mrs. Herbert Low.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite web|title=News Articles|url=http://centuryofaction.org/index.php/main_site/News_Articles/college_equal_suffragists_chinese_women_dine_together|access-date=2021-04-16|website=centuryofaction.org}}</ref>
''[[The Oregonian]]'' newspaper reported on the event on April 12, 1912, stating that "The presence of the Chinese women at a banquet with white women is unique."<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" />
During the course of the banquet, Dr. S.K. Chan addressed the other women and made a speech voicing her belief on women's rights and political equality with men. Speaking in her native tongue, her speech was interpreted by one of her daughters, Bertie Chan.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" />
[[File:Group Picture of Women Suffragists and La Reine Helen Baker.jpg|thumb|Group Picture of Chinese Women Banquet Participants and Mrs. La Reine Helen Baker]]
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