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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 (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.

Mari Sabusawa Michener

Mari Sabusawa Michener (1920–94) was a Japanese American activist and philanthropist.

Mary Nomura

Singer known as the “Songbird of Manzanar.”

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.

Midori Kono Thiel

Nisei calligrapher, printmaker, and performer of Japanese traditional arts.

Miya Sannomiya Kikuchi

Cultural ambassador and journalist.

Miyoko Ito

Miyoko Ito (1918–83) was a watercolor and abstract oil painter and printmaking artist.

Momo Nagano

Momo Nagano (1925-2010) was an artist renowned for her weaving and other textile works.