Tama Nakayama (Japanese: 中山タマ, 28 June 1889 – 5 October 1971) was a Japanese physician and politician. She was one of the first group of women elected to the House of Representatives in 1946.[1]
Tama Nakayama | |
|---|---|
| Member of the House of Representatives | |
| In office 1946–1947 | |
| Constituency | Hyōgo 1st district |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 28 June 1889 Kariya, Japan |
| Died | 5 October 1971 (aged 82) |
Biography edit
Nakayama was born in Kariya in Hyōgo Prefecture (now part of Awaji). She attended Nippon Medical School, earning a doctor's licence in 1911. She began practicing in Kobe the following year and worked as a school physician at Hyōgo Prefectural First Girls' School and Suhozan Girls' High School.[2] She also worked at Suzurandai Hospital.[2]
Nakayama contested the Hyōgo 1st district in the 1946 general elections as an independent candidate, and was elected to the House of Representatives.[2] She was a Democratic Party candidate in the 1947 elections, but failed to be re-elected. She subsequently earned a doctoral degree in medicine from Osaka University in 1949,[3] and became a member of the Liberal Democratic Party.
She died in 1971.
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 c Analysis of the 1946 Japanese General Election United States Department of State, 1946, p73
- ^ 人體に於けるBCG皮内接種の局所反應とツベルクリン反應との關連に就て CiNii