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.
Mary “Mollie” Oyama Mittwer (1907–1994) was a Nisei journalist whose writing reflected many of the issues her generation faced during World War II.
Cultural ambassador and journalist.
Bainbridge Island newspaper publisher and editor who was among the few who opposed incarceration of Japanese-Americans dring WWII.
Mexican writer and journalist
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.
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.
Mexican writer, editor, columnist and cultural promoter.
NAACP fundraiser
American author
Susie Revels Cayton was an African American author, journalist, and later active leader in the Black community during the turn of the twentieth century in Seattle, Washington.