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Dorothy Ko’s 2005 monograph, Cinderella’s Sisters: A Revisionist History of Footbinding. (Amazon) 
Visual representation of the process of footbinding. (China Highlights) 
Alicia Little’s 1900 article, “A n of the Chinese Recorder and Missionary Journal. The article mentions of the Anti-Footbinding campaigns in China, it was written by Alicia Little. (Cornell University) 
A tiny pair of “lotus shoes” commonly worn by women who were foot bound. (Andrew Liechtenstein) 
Qiu Jin was a Chinese feminist and revolutionary that opposed footbinding by unbinding her feet. (Paul Fearn/Alamy) 
Feng JiCai’s 1994 book, The Three-Inch Golden Lotus: A Novel on Foot Binding. (Amazon) 
Chinese girls in the 1890s with bound feet. (China in Print) 
Howard S. Levy’s 1992 monograph, The Lotus Lovers: The Complete History of the Curious Erotic Custom of Footbinding in China (Chinese Erotic and Sexual Classics). (Amazon) 
Archibald Little (left) and Alicia Little (right) in 1894. (National Portrait Gallery, London) 
The small bound feet of a woman from 1868 compared to a normal foot. (John Thomson)
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An drawing of Chinese residents escaping the earthquakes in Chinatown 
San Francisco archivist, Gladys Hansen 
San Francisco, April 18, 1906. (Arnold Genthe / Library of Congress) 
San Francisco in flames. (Library of Congress) 
Cover of Charles Morris’ monograph 
A photograph comparison of San Francisco in 1906 and in modern times
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My name is Katie Molina and I’m from Woodbridge, Virginia. I am currently a sophomore at the University of Mary Washington. I am a history major who is also enrolled in the 5-year master’s programs in elementary education. My dream is to become an elementary teacher in Virginia! I always have had an interest in history, especially in colonial America. Being a history major and future teacher means that I’ll be able to incorporate the skills I learned and use it in my classroom with my future students!
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