From left, WILPF Boston members Nancy Wrenn, May Takayanagi, Joan Ecklein, ‘Libby’ Gerlach, and Pauline Soloman, at a celebration for May’s 97th birthday. Photo by Eileen Kurkoski.

By Eileen Kurkoski
Boston Branch

August 2021

Thanks to each of us having COVID vaccinations, WILPF Boston members gathered in a Japanese restaurant in Newton, MA, to celebrate May Takayanagi’s 97th birthday.

May was young when she and her family were interned in a US California camp during World War II. She has gratefully supported WILPF through the years because it was one of two organizations that opposed Japanese internment during the war.

May was an accountant for the American Friends Service Committee for many years and joined WILPF over forty years ago.

Other longtime WILPF members who celebrated May’s birthday with her were Eileen Kurkoski, Nancy Wrenn, Joan Ecklein, ‘Libby’ Gerlach, and Pauline Soloman.