Junior history minor Grace McCord joins Hollie to discuss Nisei Women in Japanese Internnment camps in the US during WWII. Second-generation Japanease -American women, or Nisei women, faced significant challenges during WWII in Japanese Internment camps, but their experiences also foreced a shift in the structure of their families, allowing them some measure of independence from traditional expectations. Through education, vocational training, and military volunteer opportunities, Nisei women displayed agency and resilence.
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Selected Bibliography:
Ito, Leslie. “Japanese American Women and the Student Relocation Movement, 1942-1945.” Frontiers: A Journal of Women Studies 21, no. 3 (2000): 1–24. https://doi.org/10.2307/3347107.
Kurose, Akiko. “Akiko Kurose Interview I.” Interview by Matt Emery, Densho, July 17, 1997. https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-densho-1000/ddr-densho-1000-41-transcript-3d1725e567.htm.
Sakahara, Toru and Sakahara, Kiyo. “Toru Sakahara – Kiyo Sakahara Interview I.” Interview by Dee Goto. Densho, Feburary 24, 2024. https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-densho-1000/ddr-densho-1000-76-transcript-cd0479f05b.htm.
Suzuki Ichino, Mary. “Mary Suzuki Ichino Interview.” Interview by Richard Potashin. Densho, July 17, 2008. https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-manz-1/ddr-manz-1-51-transcript-b6b177d9c1.htm.
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