Born Dorothy Morita in Hood River, Or.; married Hiroshi Kaneko in 1942; the U.S. government placed the Kanekos in Tule Lake Relocation Center near Tulelake, Calif.; in 1943, the Kanekos secured jobs and were allowed out of internment camp to work as domestics in Barrington, Ill.; they moved to Chicago, Ill., after Dorothy Kaneko became pregnant; in 1944, the Kanekos and Hiroshi's father, Yagoro Kaneko, bought LaSalle Mansion, a large apartment building in Chicago which soon became a vital community apartment house where many Japanese Americans coming out of internment camp were able to secure housing; from 1972 to 1985, Dorothy Kaneko worked at the Japanese American Service Committee (JASC) where she started a program for elders in the Japanese American community which included cultural outings and home delivered meals; Dorothy Kaneko remains an active volunteer at the JASC.
From the description of Dorothy and Hiroshi Kaneko papers, 1940-2002. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70968532
