By: Elaine H. Kim and Janice Otani (1983)
This book accompanying the With Silk Wings profiles Asian American women with careers considered non-traditional to most Asian Americans, such as writers, actors, politicians, police officers, and carpenters.
- Sara Ishikawa
- Patricia Lee
- Heidi Aekyung Kang
- Shirley Cachola
- Sharon Maeda
- Sook Nam Choo
- Genevieve Lim
- Merry Fujihara Omori
- Beth Rosales
- Chin-Suk Kim
- Dorothy Cordova
- Christine Choy
Forty Working Women
- Actress: Bernadette Cha
- Administrator: Jeanette Ishii
- Art Historian: Kumja Paik Kim
- Attorney: Eleanor Nisperos
- Bank Executive: Claudia Locsin
- Bartender: Gloria Costodio
- Business Owner: Helen Yang
- Carpenter: Rosemary Leyson
- Cinematographer: Emiko Omori
- Clergywoman: Nanwon Kim
- Community Organizer: Janice Mirikitani
- Computer Technologist: Natividad Capistrano Parris
- Dentist: Myung Sook Son
- Designer: Dahlia Castro
- Electrician: Canyon Sam
- Engineer: Helen Kim
- Filmmaker: Linda Mabalot
- Graphic Artist: Nancy Hom
- Jazz Promoter: Nobuko Cobi Narita
- Journalist: Ann Nakao
- Judge: Lillian Sing
- Machinist: Amy Arao Kelley
- Medical Student: Fumi Suzuki
- Musician: Jane Kuramoto
- News Anchor: Wendy Tokuda
- Park Ranger: Jo Ann Jeong
- Pharmacist: Mae Takahashi
- Police Officer: Lois Kwan-Leong
- Politician: Dolores Sibonga
- Produce Shipper: Gayle Okajima Kenner
- Steelworker: Suzin Fong
- Stockbroker: Irene Choi
- Taxi Driver: Lily Cheung-Lai Chow
- TV Producer: Deborah Yee
- Tennis Teacher: Amy Yee
- Travel Agency Owner: Rebecca Atienza
- Union Worker: May Chin
- Welder: Daisy Foo
- Writer: Maxine Hong Kingston
- Youth Director: Janice Kim
