Oral History Interview with Shizuko Grace Ito
[1989-05-03,1989-05-31]
Issei female, born in 1904 and came to America with her mother in 1909 as Yobiyose ("one who is called"). Her father was already in Sacramento running a hotel when he sent for them. They moved to Los Angeles where Shizuko met Masayoshi Ito, a medical student. They married and moved to Florin. In 1942 when Shizuko was thirty-eight, the Ito's were sent to Arboga, California, Tule Lake, California, and Minidoka, Idaho. Dr. Ito left camp for Cedar Rapids, Iowa to support his family (he received only $19 a month as camp physician). The Florin property was managed by the Methodist Church. On their return, the tenant did not vacate for ten months. The six Itos - Dr. and Shizuko, her parents, two children - endured extreme hardship living in cramped quarters without electricity or plumbing. Mrs. Ito attributes their survival to the concept of "gaman" (to survive, persevere under the worst conditions).
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