Michi challenges history, from farm girl to costume designer to relentless seeker of the truth: the life of Michi Nishiura Weglyn, Ken Mochizuki
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Michi challenges history, from farm girl to costume designer to relentless seeker of the truth: the life of Michi Nishiura Weglyn, Ken Mochizuki
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 130-141) and index
resource.biographical
individual biography
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
index present
resource.interestAgeLevel
Ages: 13-18, W.W. Norton and Company, Incorporated
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
Michi challenges history
Nature of contents
bibliography
Oclc number
1371927676
Responsibility statement
Ken Mochizuki
Sub title
from farm girl to costume designer to relentless seeker of the truth: the life of Michi Nishiura Weglyn
Summary
"A powerful biography of Michi Weglyn, the Japanese American fashion designer whose activism fueled a movement for recognition of and reparations for America's World War II concentration camps. The daughter of Japanese immigrants, Michi Nishiura Weglyn was confined in Arizona's Gila River concentration camp during World War II. She later became a costume designer for Broadway and worked as the wardrobe designer for some of the most popular television personalities of the '50s and early '60s. In 1968, after a televised statement by the US Attorney General that concentration camps in America never existed, Michi embarked on an eight-year solo quest through libraries and the National Archives to expose and account for the existence of the World War II camps where she and other Japanese Americans were imprisoned. Her research became a major catalyst for passage of the Civil Liberties Act of 1988, in which the US government admitted that its treatment of Japanese Americans during World War II was wrong. Thoroughly researched and intricately told, Michi Changes History is a masterful portrayal of one woman's fight for the truth--and for justice"--, Provided by publisher
Target audience
juvenile
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- Biographies
- Japanese American women -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
- Minority groups -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
- Ethnic groups + Reparations -- Juvenile literature
- Gender identity -- Juvenile literature
- Asian American people -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
- Biography
- Women costume designers -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
- Internment of Japanese Americans, 1942-1945 -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
- Japanese Americans + Forced removal and internment, 1942-1945 -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
- Gender -- Juvenile literature
- Minority groups + Reparations -- Juvenile literature
- Gila River Relocation Center -- History -- Juvenile literature
- World War, 1939-1945 -- United States -- Juvenile literature
- Asian American people + Forced removal and internment, 1942-1945 -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
- Asian American people + Reparations -- Juvenile literature
- YOUNG ADULT NONFICTION / Biography & Autobiography / Social Activists
- Women -- Juvenile literature
- Ethnic groups + Forced removal and internment, 1942-1945 -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
- Minority groups + Forced removal and internment, 1942-1945 -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
- Japanese Americans + Reparations -- Juvenile literature
- Ethnic groups -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
- Women -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
- Weglyn, Michi, 1926-1999 -- Juvenile literature
- Japanese Americans -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
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- Biographies
- Japanese American women -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
- Minority groups -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
- Ethnic groups + Reparations -- Juvenile literature
- Gender identity -- Juvenile literature
- Asian American people -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
- Biography
- Women costume designers -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
- Internment of Japanese Americans, 1942-1945 -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
- Japanese Americans + Forced removal and internment, 1942-1945 -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
- Gender -- Juvenile literature
- Minority groups + Reparations -- Juvenile literature
- Gila River Relocation Center -- History -- Juvenile literature
- World War, 1939-1945 -- United States -- Juvenile literature
- Asian American people + Forced removal and internment, 1942-1945 -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
- Asian American people + Reparations -- Juvenile literature
- YOUNG ADULT NONFICTION / Biography & Autobiography / Social Activists
- Women -- Juvenile literature
- Ethnic groups + Forced removal and internment, 1942-1945 -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
- Minority groups + Forced removal and internment, 1942-1945 -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
- Japanese Americans + Reparations -- Juvenile literature
- Ethnic groups -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
- Women -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
- Weglyn, Michi, 1926-1999 -- Juvenile literature
- Japanese Americans -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
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