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The League for the Realisation of Woman Suffrage was founded in 1924, the year before the Japanese government enacted the Universal Manhood Suffrage Law, which gave the vote to all men 25 years or older, but did not extend the vote to women. In 1925 it changed its name to the Woman Suffrage League of Japan (婦選獲得同盟, Fusen Kakutoku ...
Ichikawa Fusae. Ichikawa Fusae (1953) Ichikawa Fusae (市川 房枝, May 15, 1893 – February 11, 1981) was a Japanese feminist, politician and a leader of the women's suffrage movement. [1] Ichikawa was a key supporter of women's suffrage in Japan, and her activism was partially responsible for the extension of the franchise to women in 1945.
Feminism in Japan began with women's rights movements that date back to antiquity. [1] The movement started to gain momentum after Western thinking was brought into Japan during the Meiji Restoration in 1868. Japanese feminism differs from Western feminism in that less emphasis is placed on individual autonomy.
Women's suffrage is the right of women to vote in elections. At the beginning of the 18th century, some people sought to change voting laws to allow women to vote. Liberal political parties would go on to grant women the right to vote, increasing the number of those parties' potential constituencies.
v. t. e. Women's suffrage in the world in 1908. Suffrage parade, New York City, May 6, 1912. Women's suffrage – the right of women to vote – has been achieved at various times in countries throughout the world. In many nations, women's suffrage was granted before universal suffrage, in which cases women and men from certain socioeconomic ...
The Universal Manhood Suffrage Law (普通選挙法, Futsū Senkyo Hō) was a law passed in Taishō period Japan, extending suffrage to all males aged 25 and over in accordance with the principle of universal manhood suffrage, also known as "one man, one vote". [1] Proposed by the Kenseitō political party, the law was enacted thanks to ...
Komako Kimura (木村 駒子, Kimura Komako, 1887–1980), also seen as Komaku Kimura or Komago Kimura in American newspapers, was a Japanese suffragist, actress, dancer, theater manager, and magazine editor before World War II. Her work, both literary and theatrical, shaped the women's rights and women's suffrage movement in Japan.
Washiyama Yayoi. Occupation (s) Physician, educator, women's rights activist. Yoshioka Yayoi (吉岡 彌生, April 29, 1871 – May 22, 1959) was a Japanese physician, educator, and women's rights activist. She founded the Tokyo Women's Medical University in 1900, as the first medical school for women in Japan. [1] [2] She was also known as ...