Louise Suski

Louise J. Suski (1905-2003) was the first English language editor-in-chief at the Los Angeles-based Rafu Shimpo newspaper.

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Mary Oyama Mittwer

Mary “Mollie” Oyama Mittwer (1907–1994) was a Nisei journalist whose writing reflected many of the issues her generation faced during World War II.

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Milly Woodward

Bainbridge Island newspaper publisher and editor who was among the few who opposed incarceration of Japanese-Americans dring WWII.

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Eva McDonald Valesh

In 1888, a St. Paul Globe exposé of women’s working conditions penned by “Eva Gay” launched the career of Eva McDonald Valesh, a young writer. During the time that she lived in the state, Valesh left a big impression on Minnesota journalism, politics, and labor organizing.

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Marvel Cooke

Marvel Cooke was a pioneering journalist and political activist who spent her groundbreaking career in a world where she was often the only female African American.

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