Ruby Foo moved to Boston in 1923 where she began a single-room restaurant in Boston’s Chinatown. Its popularity quickly grew, and she opened Ruby Foo’s “Den” in 1929—heralded as the first Chinese restaurant to successfully cater to non-Chinese clientele.
The New England Chinese Women’s Association, founded in 1942 by Chew Shee Chin, supported China relief and the Boston Chinese community during WWII.
The first and possibly only Chinese American woman pilot to solo at what is now known as Boston’s Logan Airport
New York artist/activist Tomie Arai (b. 1949) often explores issues of identity, community, and acculturation in her work.
Malaysian-Australian dancer and choreographer
Martha Nishitani was a Seattle modern dance teacher and choreographer, and one of the leading proponents of modern dance in the Pacific Northwest.
Dr. Ruby Inouye Shu was the first Japanese American woman physician in Seattle and an icon in the local Japanese community.
American ceramicist internationally recognized for her technically refined, figurative sculptures that helped expand the boundaries of clay as a medium.
In 1943, three Japanese American women helped two German prisoners of war escape from a Colorado prisoner-of-war (POW) camp. Prosecuted for treason and convicted of conspiracy to commit treason in federal court in 1944, they served two years in prison.
In 1943, three Japanese American women helped two German prisoners of war escape from a Colorado prisoner-of-war (POW) camp. Prosecuted for treason and convicted of conspiracy to commit treason in federal court in 1944, they served two years in prison.