Welcome to a new episode of People of Interest. Did you know the first Chinese-American to fly came from Portland, Oregon? Hazel Ying Lee led an exhilarating lifestyle which brought her a variety of encounters most would never experience, especially for a woman. Tune in if you want to find out more about Hazel Ying Lee and her life, from beginning to end.
Sources:
Remarkable Oregon Women: Revolutionaries & Visionaries by Jennifer Chambers: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/27110522-remarkable-oregon-women
KGW Remembering Hazel Ying Lee: https://www.kgw.com/article/life/remembering-hazel-ying-lee-the-first-chinese-american-woman-to-fly-for-the-us-military/283-a430169b-4ce0-4b9c-ab7a-db2e83844801
National World War 2 Museum: https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles/women-airforce-service-pilot-hazel-ying-lee
National Museum of the United States Army: https://www.thenmusa.org/biographies/hazel-ying-lee/
This podcast was recorded and edited by podcast producer Jamie Arpan. The music used in this podcast is "Maple Leaf Rag (1899, Z. Brewster-Geisz version)" by Scott Joplin (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Scott_Joplin/Frog_Legs_Ragtime_Era_Favorites/03_-_scott_joplin_-_maple_leaf_rag/), used under a Public Domain Mark 1.0 License (creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/).