Neither Harmony Nor Eden: Margaret Peppers and the Exile of the Japanese Americans

Twenty-three years ago, Deaconess Margaret Peppers started her missionary career as the only White woman among the 897 Igorots of Tekukan, Northern Luzon. Before coming in 1928 to the Diocese of Olympia in Western Washington, she had served for ten years in the Philippines as a teacher and principal in missions among the Igorot people of Northern Luzon and among Chinese in manila. Today. She is seeking Federal permission to be the only White woman to accompany the Puget Sound Japanese-Americans when they are evacuated to inland settlements.