Hisa Sawada (Japanese: 沢田ひさ, 25 November 1897 – 9 November 1979) was a Japanese suffragist and politician. She was one of the first group of women elected to the House of Representatives in 1946.[1]
Hisa Sawada | |
|---|---|
| Member of the House of Representatives | |
| In office 1946–1947 | |
| Constituency | Mie |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 25 November 1897 |
| Died | 9 November 1979 (aged 81) |
Biography edit
Sawada was born in 1897 and was from Tsuchiyama in Shiga Prefecture. After marrying she moved to Kuwana in Mie Prefecture. She became a leader of the women's suffrage movement and chaired the Chūbu Women's Suffrage Acquisition League.[2]
After World War II, Sawada joined the Japan Socialist Party and became head of its women's section in Kuwana. She was a JSP candidate in Mie in the 1946 general elections (the first in which women could vote), and was elected to the House of Representatives.[2] After losing her seat in the 1947 elections, she was a candidate for the Rightist Socialist Party in the 1953 House of Councillors elections, finishing second behind Hiroya Ino with 28% of the vote.
She died in 1979.
References edit
- ^ Otsuka Kiyoe (2008) Japanese Women's Legislative and Administrative Reforms in the Postwar Era Bulletin of the Faculty of Education, Kagoshima University
- ^ a b Analysis of the 1946 Japanese General Election United States Department of State, 1946, p91