Mary Tsukamoto
Mary Tsukamoto (1915–98), a longtime educator and cultural historian, became an author and leading advocate of redress for Japanese Americans removed during World War II.
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Mary Smeltzer
Peace activist, teacher at Manzanar, and manager of resettlement-era hostels in Chicago and New York.
Patsy Sumie Saiki
Educator and author of books on Japanese Americans in Hawai’i.
Riyo Sato
Riyo Sato (1913-2009) was an artist, photographer, and an arts educator for over thirty years.
Sae Tachikawa
Picture bride who was a noted educator and promoter of Japanese culture in Hawai’i.
Dr Claudia Albarrán
Mexican researcher, professor, essayist and literary critic
Katharine J Densford
Katharine Densford was a pragmatic leader of American nursing as it gained political and academic recognition in the 1940s and 50s. She is remembered as a stateswoman whose leadership of Minnesota’s flagship school of nursing at the University of Minnesota provided the model for nursing education throughout the state and nation.
Theresa Ericksen
After graduating from Northwestern Hospital’s School of Nursing in 1894, Theresa Ericksen led a life of service as a healer, teacher, and promoter of public health and nursing education. Her legacy has ties to the Minnesota Nursing Association, the Veterans of Foreign Wars, Christmas Seals, and Fort Snelling National Cemetery.
Maude Kegg
In the 1970s, Maude became concerned that Ojibwe people were forgetting their history and culture. Inspired to make a change, she set out on a mission to lift her memories from her mind and record them on paper. She enlisted the help of scholarly writers and produced several books: When I Was A Little Girl (1976), At The End of the Trail (1978), What My Grandmother Told Me (1983), and Portage Lake (1991).
Toyo Suyemoto
Nisei inmate, librarian, poet, and memoirist.