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DG: Let's see. You were counsel of the King County in Washington, the State Medical Association, Women's Auxiliary of the Medical Association.

NS: Yes. Well, he was a member of the King County Medical Association and so I automatically was a member of the women's group. And so I took, I took, I mean I had some activities with them and put on a Japanese luncheon when the American Association met here in Seattle. And we put on a luncheon with all the people sitting on floor cushions that I borrowed from the church, [Laughs] which they enjoyed. And it was just one way of -- it was, maybe you might call it a gimmick, but then it was still...

DG: Promoting...?

NS: Promoting some Oriental features into our American culture.

DG: So you did quite a bit of this in various organizations?

NS: When I could.

DG: Explaining...

NS: Just being in an organization was something that not all of my contemporaries agreed with.

DG: Did it ever bother you when they looked at you and said, "What about your people and want to know about them?"

NS: Well, no. They didn't -- no. I don't think I got too much references to "your people" and all. I probably would have frowned on them if they did, [Laughs] and they probably knew that I didn't agree with them.

DG: Good for you.

NS: I didn't want to be categorized.

DG: Let's see. League of Woman Voters.

NS: Well, as long as we were citizens, we had a responsibility to know what was going on in our government, and that was one way of studying and finding out more about it. So I was interested in their meetings and went to...

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