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Chinese American households at the time. Additionally, Larson's household growing up included people of many different races including white women working as receptionists for her father's business, and
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Angeles. Her father changed the family name from Tom to Leung. He was a self-taught herbalist and ran a successful business treating both Chinese and white American patients.
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