What’s new: July 2024

This update features five new biographies, including Afong Moy, the first recognized Chinese woman in the United States; Los Angeles food writer Jonathan Gold; architectural photographer Ezra Stoller; Technicolor movie star Rhonda Fleming; and union activist, suffragist, and communist leader Juliet Stuart Poyntz.

Fleming, Rhonda (10 August 1923–14 October 2020), actress and philanthropist

Gold, Jonathan (28 July 1960–21 July 2018), food and music critic

Moy, Afong (c. 1817–?), the first recognized Chinese woman in America

Poyntz, Juliet Stuart (20 November 1886–?), union activist, suffragist, and communist leader

Stoller, Ezra (16 May 1915–29 October 2004), architectural photographer

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