Azalia Emma Peet

Azalia Emma Peet
A young white woman with a bouffant hairstyle
Azalia Emma Peet, from the 1910 yearbook of Smith College
BornSeptember 3, 1887
Webster, New York
DiedSeptember 21, 1973
Asheville, North Carolina
Occupation(s)Educator, missionary

Azalia Emma Peet (September 3, 1887 – September 21, 1973) was an American missionary educator in Japan. During World War II, she was a "lone dissenter", "one of the very few white Americans" to speak out against the incarceration of Japanese Americans.[1][2] She taught students at internment camps in Idaho and Oregon.

  1. ^ Tamura, Linda (2012-12-15). Nisei Soldiers Break Their Silence: Coming Home to Hood River. University of Washington Press. pp. 44–45. ISBN 978-0-295-80446-0.
  2. ^ Park, John; Gleeson, Shannon (2014-02-03). The Nation and Its Peoples: Citizens, Denizens, Migrants. Routledge. p. 61. ISBN 978-1-135-10369-9.