She took the Chinese name of a flower popular among the Chinese (Sui Sin Far means narcissus) and courageously asserted her Chinese heritage, even though this background was not evident in her face. ... However, the last article she published, less than a year before her death on April 7, 1914, was still a plea for the acceptance of working-class Chinese in America. ... At the time of her death, the newspapers were full of stories about keeping Asian children out of public schools. ...

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