A Daughter of Han: The Autobiography of a Chinese Working Woman

2011 Reprint of 1945 Edition. Full facsimile of the original edition not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. In A Daughter of Han author Ida Pruitt presents the autobiography of a Chinese working woman. Through this story the reader gains insight into the China of the poor of women and of the provinces. The subject of the autobiography Ning Lao Tai-Tai is also interesting as she lived in the period the late 19th to mid 20th century during which China underwent its most dramatic changes. This is a genuine warm-blooded dramatic chronicle of a womans life of the life of one of the little people; their wisdom and hardship and daily toil lighted by affection and gaiety that persist despite the endless pursuit of food and shelter to stay alive.