Martha Wong

Dr. Martha Jee Wong, born Martha Jee, (born January 20, 1939) is a Texas politician who was the first Asian American woman to be elected to the Texas House of Representatives, representing Houston's District 134. She served from 2002 to 2006 as a Republican. Moreover, she was the first Asian American woman part of Texas Spirits, an honorary spirit, service, and social organization on the campus of University of Texas at Austin. Texas Spirits is the oldest spirit organization at the University of Texas, founded in 1941.

History Wong was born at St. Joseph Hospital in January 1939.

Wong lived in the Houston Heights, initially within her parents' grocery business and later. She attended Hogg Junior High School, and then Reagan High School (now Heights High School) in Houston.

Controversy

In 2020, Wong was appointed by Governor Greg Abbott as the Chairwoman of the Texas State Library and Archives Commission. In 2023, she made the decision as Chair for the State of Texas to leave its membership with the American Library Association after political pressure from Republican lawmaker Brian Harrison following the election of Emily Drabinski as the President of the American Library Association.