Nov. 17 is Ladies’ Night Out in downtown Great Falls. In conjunction with this event, the book reading for that night will focus on the history of Chinese and Chinese American women in Montana. For various reasons, Chinese communities in Montana had very few Chinese or Chinese American women. The few Chinese women in the region suffered negative assumptions about their character from non-Chinese Montanans and experienced oppression within patriarchal Chinese cultural traditions. Despite these obstacles, several extraordinary Chinese women emerge in the documentary record, exhibiting a strength of spirit that helped them carve out influential roles in Montana’s Chinese communities and beyond. Come to Cassiopeia Books in Great Falls to learn more about Montana’s Chinese history in general and the history of several extraordinary Chinese women connected with Montana.