Kalpana Chawla was the first woman of Indian descent to fly to space. She was a crewmember on board Space Shuttle Columbia in 1997 and perished tragically during her second space flight on February 1, 2003 when the Columbia broke apart during re-entry. She became a hero to people of Indian descent…
Women's History
Maria Carlina Doromal
[CW: Rape, Violence, Murder] Maria Carlina Doromal was a 26-year-old Filipina nurse who had been in the United States since December of 1979. On July 18, 1980, roommates discovered her dead body in their Dallas apartment near Bachman Lake. Police said “she had been beaten, raped, and stabbed in the throat.” Police…
Chew-Yook Gum (Mrs. Joe Yium)
When Mrs. Joe Yium (maiden name: Chew-Yook Gum) wed her husband in 1929, @DallasNews reported that she was “the first Chinese woman to have been married in this city within the last twenty-five years.” Her husband was a “proprietor of a restaurant at 1001 Main street” and the two met in Hong Kong while…
Yoshie Fukuda (Mrs. Carl F. Long Jr.)
“Forthcoming holidays at SMU may free Mrs. Carl F. Long Jr. from classes in her pursuit of a favorite interest–costume designing–but she’ll still keep busy with another big job, that of learning to be an American housewife.” (Dallas Morning News, December 20, 1955) Yoshie Fukuda (married name: Mrs. Carl F. Long Jr.)…