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Oct 22, 2019 • 8 tweets • 4 min read
Sono Osato was a Japanese-American dancer from Chicago who achieved early success before gov't policies targeting people of Japanese ancestry during WWII interrupted her career and broke apart her family.

#japaneseamerican #ballet #dance #ballerina #chicago Grace Dummelle, Genealogy and Local History Library Assistant at the Newberry, discusses Sono's life and her experience during WWII.