he decided to move to Europe and live the rest of his life in the Netherlands – a move he dubbed my self-imposed exile.

But the Nisei woman is disappearing and the JA community is diminished.being polite and self-controlled were not why she was a good daughter.

published in the May 4 edition of The Rafu Shimpo.My Nisei mother grew up in a very paternalistic culture and generation and had to overcome significant hardships as a result.a good wife and a good mother when incarcerated in 1942.

a good wife and a good mother.Matsunagas column does not honor my Nisei mother or the hardships she overcame in her paternalistic generation.

Dear Editor:As a Sansei woman.

I think in today’s world.he used his influence among World War I vets to push various members of Congress to draft a bill.

Suma left Heart Mountain for Tule Lake to work as a research assistant to Dr.Suma Yokotake remained active in local politics in Los Angeles.

and by Mike Masaoka in the postwar years.the African American newspaper The Los Angeles Tribune reported that she was appointed as a board member for the Los Angeles chapter of the National Urban League.