Sallie R Wagner
Sallie R. Wagner was a photographer, author, weaver, and a benefactor and patron of dancer-choreographer Erick Hawkins and his dance company.
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Henrietta Barclay Paist
Multi-talented artist, designer, teacher, and author Henrietta Barclay Paist is perhaps best known for her china painting, a popular turn-of-the-century pastime.
Irene Levine Paull
Writer and activist Irene Levine Paull responded to discrimination by fighting for the rights of people who were oppressed.
Erna P O’Harris
Erna P. Harris (1908–95) was an African American columnist who defended Japanese Americans.
Gyo Fujikawa
Gyo Fujikawa (1908–98) was a prolific author, illustrator and designer of children’s books.
Hatsuye Egami
Hatsuye Egami was an Issei intellectual who wrote for Japanese American publications in California before the war. Her published assembly center diary and columns for the Gila News Courier provide a rare Issei woman’s perspective on the wartime incarceration.
Nikki Sawada Bridges Flynn
Noriko “Nikki” Sawada Bridges Flynn was a San Francisco-based activist who advocated for civil liberties, equality and democracy.
Violet Kazue de Christoforo
Poet and activist Violet Kazue Yamane Matsuda de Cristoforo (1917-2007) wrote, translated, and compiled Japanese language haiku poetry composed by Japanese immigrants and Kibei.
Rachel Reese Sady
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Arline Moore
Hood River, Oregon businesswoman who actively supported residents of Japanese descent after World War II and chronicled nationally scrutinized local events by writing publicly.