Background
Daughter of Harry (an orchardist) and Chizuna (a homemaker and orchardist; maiden name, Noji) Tamura, Mrs. Tamura was born in Hood River, Oregon, United States, on June 21, 1949.
(Gathers oral histories from Japanese immigrants, most of ...)
Gathers oral histories from Japanese immigrants, most of them women, that discuss leaving Japan, life as farmers and orchard workers, and the World War II relocation.
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1993
Daughter of Harry (an orchardist) and Chizuna (a homemaker and orchardist; maiden name, Noji) Tamura, Mrs. Tamura was born in Hood River, Oregon, United States, on June 21, 1949.
Linda Tamura graduated from Oregon College of Education, receiving her Bachelor of Science in 1971. In 1976 she obtained her Master of Education and in 1981 Doctor of Education degrees, both from Oregon State University.
Mrs. Tamura was an elementary-school teacher at McMinnville Schools, McMinnville, OR, between 1971 and 1975. She worked as a professor of education at Pacific University, Forest Grove, OR, from 1977 to 1994. In 1994 she was appointed professor of education at Willamette University, Salem, OR. She is now a writer and public relations coordinator of Federal Coho Prediction Research Project, Newport, OR, the letter post she occupied since 1971.
She was a contributor to periodicals, including Educational Leadership, Oregon Historical Quarterly, Oregon Heritage, Spectrum, International Journal of Oral History, and Pacific Today. Since 1994 she acted as a member of editorial board of United Methodist.
(Gathers oral histories from Japanese immigrants, most of ...)
1993Quotations: "My goal is to help others to learn about the past and present by examining other viewpoints, including first-hand accounts. We need to honor our diversity of cultural contributions and recognize multiple perspectives as we study our own heritage."
National Association for Multicultural Education , United States
Association of Independent Liberal Arts Colleges of Teacher Education , United States
Association for Asian Studies , United States
Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development , United States
Association for Asian American Studies , United States
Japanese American Citizens’ League , United States
Oral History Association , United States
Phi Delta Kappa , United States
Oregon Multicultural Education Association , United States
Oregon Council for Social Studies , United States
Washington County Historical Society , United States
Hood River County Historical Society , United States