Ruby Chow

Ruby Mar Seung Gum Chow (6 June 1920 – 4 June 2008) was a Chinese American restauratuer and politician in Seattle, Washington.

She opened Ruby Chow’s Restaurant in 1948, the first Chinese restaurant outside of Seattle's Chinatown, where her staff subsequently included Bruce Lee.

Chow served three terms as a King County councilwoman.

Obituaries

*cite news|url=http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2004458523_rubychow05m.html|title=Ruby Chow, first Asian American on King County Council, dead at 87|last=Eskenazi|first=Stuart|date=2008-06-05|work=The Seattle Times|accessdate=2008-07-16
*cite news|url=http://www.nwasianweekly.com/2008270025/chow20082725.htm|title=A remembrance of Ruby Chow’s extraordinary life|last=Lau|first=Betty|date=2008-06-14|work=Northwest Asian Weekly|accessdate=2008-07-16
*cite news|url=http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/366642_chow12.html|title=Hundreds pay final respects to Ruby Chow|last=Wong|first=Brad|date=2008-06-11|work=Seattle Post-Intelligencer|accessdate=2008-07-16

References

*cite web|url=http://www.historylink.org/essays/output.cfm?file_id=8063|title=Chow, Ruby (1920-2008)|last=Chesley|first=Frank|date=2007-01-18|work=HistoryLink|accessdate=2008-07-16