Louise Suski (June 27, 1905 – June 5, 2003) was the first woman editor-in-chief and English-section editor-in-chief at the Japanese-English language newspaper Rafu Shimpo.[1][2][3][4][5][6]
Early life
On June 27, 1905, Suski was born in San Francisco.[1][4] She had six siblings, including Julia Suski who illustrated for Rafu Shimpo from 1926 to 1929.[1][3] Her family attended the Maryknoll Catholic Church.[1] In 1924, Suski graduated from Los Angeles High School.[1] After graduating, she applied to the University of California, Los Angeles to pursue a career in education, but she never finished her degree.[1][4][3]
Career
In 1926, Suski became the first woman editor-in-chief and English language editor-in-chief at Rafu Shimpo.[3][7][6] She worked at Rafu Shimpo until 1942 and was colleagues with Togo Tanaka.[8] Due to the incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II in the United States, Suski and her family were incarcerated at Heart Mountain Relocation Center.[1] While at Heart Mountain Relocation Center, Suski joined the center's newspaper, Heart Mountain Sentinel.[1][9]
After the war, Suski moved to Chicago.[1] She would go on to work for General Mailing and Sales Company, the Japanese American Evacuation and Resettlement Study (JERS) office, Scene magazine, and Shikago Shimpo.[1][10]
Death
Suski retired in 1978 and returned to Cerritos to live with her brother and sister-in-law.[1] She died in 2003.[1]
