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Female students on commencement day. The woman pictured third from right is Ruth Nomura

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Title

Female students on commencement day. The woman pictured third from right is Ruth Nomura

Description

Ruth Nomura, born in Portland in 1907, was one of the first Japanese Americans to be born in Oregon. She was also the first Nisei woman from Portland to attend Oregon State Agricultural College. Enrolling in 1926, Nomura graduated in 1930 with a B.S. in Home Economics.

Source

Oregon State University Historical Photographs (P 025)

Publisher

Special Collections and Archives Research Center, Oregon State University Libraries

Date

1930

Identifier

P025:596

Citation

“Female students on commencement day. The woman pictured third from right is Ruth Nomura,” Special Collections & Archives Research Center, accessed November 28, 2024, http://archives.library.oregonstate.edu/omeka/items/show/33251.