Marjorie Wong Hee
{{Short description|American Hawaiian painter, teacher (1905–1981)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Marjorie Wong Hee
| other_names = Marjorie Hee
| birth_name = Marjorie Wong
| birth_date = August 31, 1905
| birth_place = Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii (now United States)
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1981|02|12|1905|08|31}}
| death_place = Honolulu, Hawaii, United States
| occupation = Painter, teacher, nutritionist
| spouse = Hon Chew Hee
}}
Marjorie Wong Hee (August 31, 1905 – February 12, 1981; née Marjorie Wong) was an American Hawaiian painter, teacher, and nutritionist of Chinese descent.{{Cite web |title=Hee, Marjorie Wong |url=https://aow.degruyter.com/artist/_40570143 |url-access=subscription |access-date=2025-04-11 |website=Artists of the World (AOW) |publisher=Walter de Gruyter}}{{Cite book |last=Peterson |first=Barbara Bennett |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AycqAAAAYAAJ |title=Notable Women of Hawaii |date=1984 |publisher=University of Hawaii Press |isbn=978-0-8248-0820-4 |pages=151–153, 412 |language=en |chapter=Hee, Marjorie Wong}}{{Cite news |date=February 18, 1981 |title=Marjorie Hee |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/honolulu-star-bulletin-obituary-for-marj/169062469/ |access-date=2025-04-11 |work=Honolulu Star-Bulletin |pages=42 |type=Obituary |via=Newspapers.com}} She was the daughter of noted painter Lee Kam Yee "Popo" Wong, and was the wife of painter Hon Chew Hee.
Her art book, My Album Leaves was published in 1973 by the Hawaiian Chinese Watercolor Society. In 1980, Hee was awarded the Honolulu Sertoma International Club's "Freedom Award for Art". She was a board member of the Associated Chinese University Women in Hawaii.{{Cite news |date=February 12, 1946 |title=Chinese University Women Have Lunch |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/honolulu-star-bulletin-chinese-universit/170041884/ |access-date=2025-04-11 |work=Honolulu Star-Bulletin |pages=16 |via=Newspapers.com}}
Publications
- {{Cite book |last=Hee |first=Marjorie Wong |title=My Album Leaves |publisher=Hawaiian Chinese Watercolor Society |year=1973 |location=Taiwan}}{{Cite news |last=Scott |first=Nadine W. |date=February 12, 1975 |title=Art Trilogy for New Year |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/honolulu-star-bulletin-art-trilogy-for-n/170041690/ |access-date=2025-04-11 |work=Honolulu Star-Bulletin |pages=87 |via=Newspapers.com}}
- {{Cite book |last=Hee |first=Marjorie Wong |title=Water Colors |last2=Hee |first2=Hon-Chew |publisher=H.C. Hee Studio |year=1978}}
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Category:American nutritionists
Category:American people of Chinese descent
Category:American watercolorists
Category:American women painters
Category:Artists from Honolulu
Category:Chinese-American culture in Honolulu
Category:People from the Territory of Hawaii
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