KOREAN AMERICAN
- Imperialism: “Gunboat diplomacy” by Japanese (be able to enter into trade and open trading ports), declared Japanese protectorate (the state of being controlled by Japan's government) in 1905
- Push factors: Japanese oppression, famine
- Pull factors: labor recruitment by Christian missionaries
to Hawaii and mainland U.S
- Immigrant demographic: farmers and working class, Christian, nationalistic, anti- Japanese. (As had been true for the Chinese and Japanese immigrants before them, men first came alone. However, the sugar plantation managers considered the Korean bachelors a problem. Hoping that the men would settle down and work more steadily if they were married, the Korean government approved the emigration of young women who would agree to marry after exchanging pictures with potential husbands. As a result, almost 1,000 women came to Hawaii as picture brides between 1910 and 1924.)
- Mass Immigration: 1900s
"To be a feminist is to be alive."
- Margaret Cho, Korean American stand up comedienne, actress, fashion designer, author, and singer-songwriter.