Ruby Chow

Chow was born Mar Seung-gum,[1] on June 6, 1920, on a fishing dock[2] in Seattle, to Chinese immigrant parents.Chow was a teenager during the depths of the Great Depression, which caused her to drop out of high school and start waiting tables for two dollars a day.She had an encounter with Ted Bundy (later known to be a serial killer) who, as a GOP campaign worker, tried to convince Chow, unsuccessfully, to go Republican.Chow stayed with the Democratic Party and served three terms as a King County councilwoman in Washington.Her second husband was Edward Shui "Ping" Chow (November 5, 1916 - June 29, 2011), who received U.S. citizenship after he was discharged from United States Army.
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