I was listening to National Public Radio the other day and heard a wonderful Story Corps interview. (NPR is a great source for NHD topics!).
Susan Ahn Cuddy was being discussed. She was a Korean woman who enlisted in the US Navy after the bombing of Pearl Harbor. The Navy did not want to let her join, but Susan Ahn persisted. She became the FIRST Asian-American woman in the US Navy and the FIRST FEMALE Gunnery Sergeant in the US Navy! Cuddy married in 1947 and both she and her husband were involved in intelligence. Susan Ahn Cuddy would also work for the Library of Congress!
Her story would be a fantastic NHD project this year!
Biography: Cha, John Willow Tree Shade: The Susan Ahn Cuddy Story (2002)
Opening the Navy to Asian-Americans
6 - 8 9 - 12 Social Studies/History Bilingual Education/ESL AsianAmerican WomensHistory
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