Diversity in Technology

             

Asian Americans Making History

"Farm Workers Rights"

            One remarkable man, Larry Itliong, made history in 1965. He immigrated from the Philippines at just 15 years old and started working as a laborer on the West Coast of the United States. Later, he joined strikes in Washington, became a labor organizer, and became a union leader, forming the Filipino Farm Labor Union in 1956. It all began when Larry and other colleagues walked off the farms demanding better and equal wages compared to the minimum wage at the time. This strike was eventually named "The Delano Grape Strike".

        After World War II, Larry served in the International Longshore and Warehouse Union Local 37, then was elected Vice President in 1953 and eventually in 1956 founding the Filipino Farm Labor Union. Most of his followers were Filipinos coming to the United States in the 1930s to work on the coast. Because of what he did workers across California protested against low wages and terrible working conditions. 

        Today in technology it is easier to have diverse communities having different skills, viewpoints, and mindsets to avoid bias in today's diverse world we live in.

Asian Americans Making History

"Atomic Science"

"First Lady of Physics"

        Coming over from China, graduating at the top of her class from her local university came over to the United States to continue her education in Physics.

        In the early 1940s and 1950s, there was a remarkable Chinese-born physicist Chien-Shiung Wu PhD. This woman was very important in developing atomic science during this time. One major project that enlisted her help was The Manhattan Project which was the code name to do research during World War II for atomic weapons. Her biggest accomplishment was detecting radiation and uranium in massive quantities.

        As a woman, most of her work was overlooked and not taken into consideration. She worked on another research project concluding how beta decay works with other scientists who did not win the Nobel Prize. Because of her findings, she was an advocate for women in STEM. Even speaking at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1964.

        Later on, she became a full-time professor at Columbia University while earning the exact wage as her male colleagues Proving women in STEM can have recognition as much as male advocates can.