The Many Stories of the Japanese YWCA at 1830 Sutter Street in San Francisco Japantown
The Many Stories of the Japanese YWCA at 1830 Sutter Street in San Francisco Japantown
Image: Japanese YWCA board, circa early to mid-1930s. From the Michi Oka Onuma Collection, Japanese American Historical Archive.
About this project
This website is dedicated to the extraordinary spirit of our Issei (first-generation Japanese immigrants) women and is made possible by the support of Nihonmachi Little Friends; the California Civil Liberties Public Education Program; JA Community Foundation; and the U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Japanese American Confinement Sites Grant Program.
Japanese Immigration to America
Dreaming of a New Life
Under construction
Image: "Issei picnic" Hatsumi Ishii
The Birth of Their Dream
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Image: Japanese YWCA board, circa early to mid-1930s. From the Michi Oka Onuma Collection, Japanese American Historical Archive.
Japanese Americans During and After World War II
The Nightmare and Dreamscapes
Under construction
Image:Dorothea Lange. Evacuation registration line at Kinmon Gakuen, 1942.
Friends in Need
The American Friends Service Committee (1942 - 1960)
Under construction
Image:Nihonmachi Little Friends (NLF) preschoolers participating in a protest against the San Francisco YWCA’s decision to sell the building, evicting NLF and other tenants. Photo courtesy of Nihonmachi Little Friends.
The Redevelopment Era: Community Heritage Under Siege
Just a Dream (1960 - 2002)
Under construction
Reclaiming the Issei Women's Legacy
Reawakening - The Struggles for 1830 Sutter
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Image:Nihonmachi Little Friends (NLF) preschoolers participating in a protest against the San Francisco YWCA’s decision to sell the building, evicting NLF and other tenants. Photo courtesy of Nihonmachi Little Friends.
Honoring the Legacy
Their Dreams Continue
Under construction