Asian American History present 13

  Here is another chance to celebrate writing with this latest Asian American History present.

 

This writer is one of the first people of Asian descent to publish a novel in America (along with her sister who we already featured in a past episode).

 

Even though her mother was Chinese, she chose to write about Japanese characters and use a Japanese pseudonym, with some of her work turned into Broadway plays or motion pictures.

 

Find out more when you watch this 

video intro to a writer you may not know but maybe you should: 

Winnifred Eaton 

(Onoto Watanna)

1875 - 1954

Writer, screenwriter

(13 minutes 57 seconds )

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Asian American History present 12

  It's time to celebrate writing with another Asian American History present.

 

Listen to this strong early voice of an American experience

 

Loyalty and Character

What makes us human?

 "And, as his heart mercifully stacked the blocks of hope into the pattern of an America which would someday hold an unquestioned place for him, his mind said no, it is not to be..."

Find out more when you watch this 

video intro to a writer you may not know but maybe you should: 

 John Okada 

1923 - 1971

Novelist

(11 minutes 40 seconds )

Watch at https://youtu.be/kLTtBqnlf7g

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Asian American History present 11

 Let's celebrate writing with another Asian American History present.

 

We heard this writer is one of the first people of Asian descent to publish a novel in America (along with her sister who we will feature in a future episode).

 

“My mother’s race is as prejudiced as my father’s.”

 

“Individuality is more than nationality.”

 

Find out more about what she said when you watch this 

video intro to a writer you may not know but maybe you should: 

Edith Maude Eaton 

(Sin Sui Far)

1865 - 1914

Journalist, writer

(13 minutes 43 seconds )

Watch at https://youtu.be/Ev3oIOfvdlI

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