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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 (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.
Women's suffrage, however, remained elusive in Japan. A further and more controversial campaign attempted to ban men with venereal disease from marrying. This unsuccessful campaign remains a point of controversy surrounding Hiratsuka's career in that it saw her aligning herself with the eugenics movement, asserting that the spread of V.D. was ...
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.
Helga Gill (1885–1928) – Norwegian-born British suffragist who spoke at meetings. Katie Edith Gliddon (1883–1967) – watercolour artist and militant suffragette. Frances Gordon (born c. 1874) – prominent in the militant wing of the Scottish women's suffrage movement; imprisoned and force-fed.
The New Women's Association (NWA, also known as New Women's Society[1] 新婦人協会, Shin-fujin kyо̄kai) was a Japanese women's rights organization founded in 1919. [2] The organization strove to enhance women's rights in the areas of education, employment, and suffrage. [3] It also aimed to protect women from venereal disease by ...
Adela Constantia Mary Walsh (née Pankhurst; 19 June 1885 – 23 May 1961) was a British-born suffragette who worked as a political organiser for the Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU) in Scotland. In 1914 she moved to Australia where she continued her activism and was co-founder of both the Communist Party of Australia and the Australia ...
The New Japan Women's League (NJWL or Shin Nihon Fujin Dōmei) was a non-partisan women's organization in Japan formed by Fusae Ichikawa on November 3, 1945, after WWII. The NJWL was established to improve women's legal status in Japan, gain women's suffrage, develop policies for women's lives, education and work, and inform Japanese women about democracy and citizenship.