Picture Bride, War Bride
Gomez, Sonia C
Examines the role marriage played in the lives of Japanese women during periods of racial exclusion in the United States
In 1908 the United States and Japan agreed to limit the migration of Japanese laborers to the US. The Gentlemen¿s Agreement of 1908 ushered in an era of exclusion for the Japanese, but an exception was made for Japanese women who migrated as wives of Japanese men. In 1924 that exception would end with the passage of the Nati...