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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Mary Mon Toy
Singer and showgirl best known for her comedic role as Minnie Ho in The World of Suzie Wong on Broadway.
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.
Jean Sadako King
Lieutenant governor of Hawai’i, 1979–83.
Julia Suski
Artist and musician
Kay Sekimachi
Internationally acclaimed master weaver and fiber artist
Lily Okamoto
A Hawai’i-born, politically active Sansei who was the first woman in the Islands to be both a certified public accountant and licensed attorney.
Louise Suski
Louise J. Suski (1905-2003) was the first English language editor-in-chief at the Los Angeles-based Rafu Shimpo newspaper.
Margie Masako Yamamoto
The artist and Japanese sumi-e and calligraphy teacher “Koho”
Mari Okazaki
Mari Okazaki (1916-2005) was a psychiatric social worker who participated in the Japanese American Evacuation and Resettlement Study (JERS) as a researcher and continued her career in social care in the postwar years.