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Shien Biau Woo became the first Asian American statewide officer in the Northeast, when he was elected Lieutenant Governor of Delaware in 1984. Leana Wen, prominent Asian American and public health leader, currently Commissioner of Health in Baltimore. David Wu, first Taiwanese American U.S. Representative (D-OR) Lily Wu, mayor of Wichita, Kansas
1957: Dalip Singh Saund becomes the first Asian-American elected to the United States Congress, as a Representative for California's 29th district. 1962 Patsy Mink becomes the first Asian-American woman elected to a state legislative body in the United States, in the Hawaii State Senate [48] 1964: Hiram Fong becomes the first Asian-American U.S ...
Asian American history is the history of ethnic and racial groups in the United States who are of Asian descent. The term " Asian American " was an idea invented in the 1960s to bring together Chinese , Japanese , and Filipino Americans for strategic political purposes.
Betty Lee Sung (宋李瑞芳) – former professor of Asian-American Studies at City College of New York; 'leading authority' on Chinese Americans [26] [27] Andrew Lih (酈安治) – associate professor of Journalism at American University; Teng Ssu-yu (鄧嗣禹) – Historian of late imperial China, at University of Indiana.
The majority of Americans can’t name a single famous Asian American, according to a recent survey. ... surveyed over 6,200 people above the age of 16 across the U.S. on their attitudes toward ...
Historian Daniel Sieh states that Asian-Americans during the American Revolutionary War, while few, were fairly widespread throughout the colonies, numbering at least a hundred during the 1770s and 1780s. [18] Asian Americans during the Revolution largely served as "sailors, servants, and enslaved people."
The Center for Asian American Media has become a big supporter of Cho’s and commissioned her to make several cookie portraits of people featured in a PBS documentary series called “Asian ...
In recognition of the unique culture, traditions, and history of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders, the United States government has permanently designated the month of May to be Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Heritage Month; [144] before 2021 it was known as Asian Pacific American Heritage Month. [145]