Wakako Kondoh Burk at bride school in Yokosuka, Japan in 1957. The American Red Cross created “Bride Schools” to teach Japanese women how to be an “American” wife and mother. (Photo courtesy of ...

History professor shares her grandmother’s story as a Japanese war bride The life of her grandmother Michiko helped inspire Sonia Gomez’s first book, “Picture Bride, War Bride: The Role of Marriage in ...