Английская Википедия:Grace Aiko Nakamura
Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Infobox person/Wikidata Grace Aiko Nakamura (February 18, 1927 – May 30, 2017) was a Japanese American educator and the first Japanese American teacher to be hired in the Pasadena Unified School District.[1][2]
Personal life
On February 18, 1927, Nakamura was born Grace Aiko Shinoda in Los Angeles, California to Hide Watanabe and Kiyoshi Shinoda.[3][2][4][1] Her father, Kiyoshi, died when she was six years old.[1] Her brother was Larry Shinoda, who is known for designing the 1963 Stingray Corvette.[2][5] Nakamura and her brother were known to be avid drawers throughout their lives.[2][1][6][7] Her aunt was Megumi Yamaguchi Shinoda.[8]
In May 1942, Nakamura and her family were forcibly sent to the Manzanar concentration camp in California as a result of Executive Order 9066.[8][9][10] Nakamura and her family were released from Manzanar to go live with her uncle in Grand Junction, Colorado.[2] She would late go on to testify about her experience in Manzanar to the Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians.[11]
She married Yoshio “Yosh” Nakamura in 1950 after meeting him at the Union Church in Los Angeles.[2][12][5][6] Yosh served in the 442nd Infantry Regiment during World War II.[2] They had three children together. Her daughter is Linda Nakamura Olberholtzer.[2][12][5][6] Her sons are Daniel Nakamura and Joel Nakamura.[2][12][5][6] As of 2017, she had two grandchildren.[2]
Education and career
With the assistance of a scholarship from American Friends Service, Nakamura started studying sociology and education in 1944 at the University of Redlands where she would graduate with a Bachelor of Arts.[2][1][6][13] After moving to South Pasadena, California with her husband, Nakamura became the first Japanese American teacher to be hired by the Pasadena Unified School District.[2]
In 1956, Yosh stated teaching art at Whittier High School.[2] Grace would go on to graduated from Whittier College with a Master of Arts in Teaching fine arts and a Master's degree in counseling in 1982.[2][7][13]
She would also work as a teacher for the Rowland Unified School District and the El Rancho Unified school district.[2]
In March 2007, her and her husband's multimedia artwork - “Twin Visions" - was exhibited by the Whittier College's Ruth B. Shannon Center for the Performing Arts.[14]
In 2008, her art work was featured by the Whittier Public Library in an exhibit called “Ah! New Mexico! Inspired Images from the Land of Enchantment.”[7]
Affiliations
Nakamura and her husband supported the Japanese American National Museum (JANM) and it's “Go For Broke National Education Center.”[2] Nakamura had donated suitcases she had taken to Manzanar concentration camp to JANM's permanent collection.[15] Nakamura was interviewed by the National Park Service (NPS) twice - in 1999 and 2016 - for NPS Manzanar's Oral History Program.[16]
She was also active in her local community.[2] She was a Whittier Public Library trustee for eight years.[2][4][17] She was a member of the Hillcrest Congregational Church in La Habra Heights.[2] She was also a member of several organizations including the Whittier Area Audubon Society, the Whittier Art Association and the Rio Hondo Symphony Association.[2][17] The Whittier Area Audubon Society awarded her and her husband with a Lifetime Achievement Award in 2016.[18][1]
Death and legacy
Nakamura died due to complications of pneumonia on May 30, 2017.[2][4] She donated her body to Keck School of Medicine of USC.[2] In August 2019, her husband made a donation to the organization Little Tokyo Service Center in her memory.[19]
References
- ↑ 1,0 1,1 1,2 1,3 1,4 1,5 Kamei Susan H and Norman Yoshio Mineta. When Can We Go Back to America? : Voices of Japanese American Incarceration during World War Ii. First ed. Simon & Schuster BFYR 2021. pp. 478-479
- ↑ 2,00 2,01 2,02 2,03 2,04 2,05 2,06 2,07 2,08 2,09 2,10 2,11 2,12 2,13 2,14 2,15 2,16 2,17 2,18 2,19 2,20 2,21 Шаблон:Cite web
- ↑ Grace Shinoda Nakamura. https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/633/
- ↑ 4,0 4,1 4,2 Шаблон:Cite web
- ↑ 5,0 5,1 5,2 5,3 Шаблон:Cite web
- ↑ 6,0 6,1 6,2 6,3 6,4 Шаблон:Cite news
- ↑ 7,0 7,1 7,2 Шаблон:Cite web
- ↑ 8,0 8,1 Shinoda Nakamura Interview. January 25, 2012.Densho ID: denshovh-ngrace-01. https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-densho-1003/ddr-densho-1003-8-transcript-20f2fcd04c.htm
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- ↑ Шаблон:Cite book
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- ↑ 12,0 12,1 12,2 Шаблон:Cite web
- ↑ 13,0 13,1 Whittier College, "1982 Commencement Program" (1982). Commencement Programs. 12. https://poetcommons.whittier.edu/commencement/12
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External links
- Discover Nikkei Interview with Nakamura
- 2012 Densho Interview with Nakamura
- 1932 photo of Nakamura in a Kimono from the California State Archive
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