Dr Esther Ngan-ling Chow (born 1943) is a sociologist and Emerita Professor at the American University, Washington D.C., United States.
She was among the first sociologists to conduct sociological analyses of the intersectionality of race, class, and gender in the case of Asian American women.
She moved to the United States in 1966 for her graduate studies, and completed her PhD in sociology at the University of California, Los Angeles.
[5] Her work has highlighted the relative lack of visibility of Asian American women in second-wave feminism.
[6] Chow established the True Light Foundation, an organisation working to reduce poverty and increase educational opportunities for children in rural China.