and so i think that we can see women's participation being taught in tremper nominated in the same way that we can see that they were very active. one of the most interesting things is how many women became involved in this in the 1970s and 80s. those on the grassroots level and also being involved in legislative lobbying. >> was your mother nisei? was she in the club? >> no, she grew up in east oakland. so she's doing a lot of farm work and they didn't have the access to transportation like the girls that i write about. should she was not able to do this. >> are these girls, the nisei girls, are they still friends to get together? >> yes, certainly the younger groups that formed during the war and after the war in their 70s, many of them do get together. they are called the jobs, it stands for just us girls. and they still get together and they meet regularly to play poker and they go together to las vegas once per year. >> how important were these clubs to the girls during world war ii? >> i think the club was very important and it continues over not only with the limitations on thei