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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 ...
At least 100 or more Asian Americans lived in the Thirteen Colonies around the time of the American Revolution. [16] Four well-documented Asian Americans are known to have fought in the American Revolution (two serving with the American rebels and two with the British). [17] 1778: Chinese sailors first arrive to Hawaii. Many settled down and ...
Her first portraits included well-known Asian American and Pacific Islander Pittsburghers, such as former Pittsburgh Steeler Heinz Ward, Dr. Freddie, an orthopedic surgeon, and Star Wars actor ...
In 1995, Taiwanese American inventor Peter Tsai patented technology that used positive and negative charges to trap dust and bacteria in a filter before it entered the mouth. Today, we call that ...
The majority of Americans can’t name a single famous Asian American, according to a recent survey. The most common answers besides "I can't think of one" was Jackie Chan, who's not American, and ...
Sandra Oh, a Canadian-American actress of Korean descent, has been a mainstay in film for well over two decades having portrayed many scene stealing supporting characters in a large number of well known films such as Double Happiness, Bean, Last Night, The Princess Diaries, Under the Tuscan Sun, Sideways, Hard Candy, Rabbit Hole, Catfight, and ...
The two most prominent Indian American candidates this year — Nikki Haley and Vivek Ramaswamy — didn’t make much of an impression on the South Asian community. But experts said it proves ...