Nobuko Miyamoto
Nobuko JoAnne Miyamoto (1939-) is a songwriter, dance and theater artist, author, and Artistic Director of Great Leap, who found her political and artistic voice in the Asian American movement.
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Chizu Iiyama
Chizu Kitano Iiyama (1921-2020) was an activist, social worker and educator who participated in social movements such as the Japanese American Redress Movement, integration in Chicago and the treatment of Arab Americans after 9/11.
Patricia Saiki
Pioneering two-term Republican Congresswoman from Hawai’i, 1987–91.
Chio Tominaga
Textile artist Chio Tominaga (1883-1986) was originally from Kumamoto, Japan, and immigrated to the United States in 1912 as a picture bride.
Chiye Mori
Loretta Chiye Mori was a poet and journalist who contributed regular columns and articles to numerous Southern California Japanese American publications.
Chiyoko Sakamoto
Chiyoko Sakamoto Takahashi (1912-94) earned the distinction of being the first Asian American woman admitted to the California State Bar as well as the first and only Nisei woman to practice law in California into the early post-World War II period.
Dorothy Toy
In the decade prior to WWII, the Asian American dance duo Toy and Wing sold out theaters in New York and England, and were featured in three films. While most Asian roles were performed by white actors in yellowface, Toy and Wing broke through barriers constructed by the white entertainment industry and stunned audiences with their undeniable talent.
Doris Matsui
Member of U.S. House of Representatives representing the Sacramento, California, area since 2005.
Emiko Nakano
Nisei painter, printer and freelance fashion illustrator
Esther Takei Nishio
The first Japanese American not in a special category allowed to return to the West Coast from the WWII US concentration camps