Wendy Yoshimura | |
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.jpg) Yoshimura in 1976 | |
| Born | Wendy Masako Yoshimura January 17, 1943 |
| Occupation | Painter |
| Movement | Symbionese Liberation Army |
Wendy Masako Yoshimura (born January 17, 1943) is an American still life watercolor painter. She was a member of the leftist terrorist group the Symbionese Liberation Army during the mid-1970s. She was born in Manzanar, one of numerous World War II-era internment camps for Japanese Americans who were forced out of their homes and businesses along the West Coast. She was raised both in Japan and California's Central Valley.
During her last year of art college, she encountered and became involved in radical politics as a result of meeting activist Willie Brandt.[1][2][3] He founded the Revolutionary Army, another violent leftist organization, in Berkeley, California.
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- ^ Hoge, Patrick (December 27, 2003). "SLA's Yoshimura keeps mum while ex-comrades serve time / Enigmatic artist lives alone with her dog and will talk only about her watercolors". SFGATE. Retrieved February 15, 2022.
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