Shidzue Katō
Shidzue Katō | |
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加藤 シヅエ | |
Katō in 1932 | |
| Member of the House of Councillors | |
| In office 4 June 1950 – 7 July 1974 | |
| Preceded by | Constituency established |
| Succeeded by | Multi-member district |
| Constituency | National district |
| Member of the House of Representatives | |
| In office 10 April 1946 – 23 December 1948 | |
| Preceded by | Constituency established |
| Succeeded by | Ken'ichi Itō |
| Constituency | Tokyo 2nd (1946–1947) Tokyo 2nd (1947–1948) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Shidzue Hirota 2 March 1897 |
| Died | 22 December 2001 (aged 104) Bunkyō, Tokyo, Japan |
| Party | Socialist (1946–1951; 1955–1979) |
| Other political affiliations | RSP (1951–1955) |
| Spouse(s) |
Keikichi Ishimoto
(m. 1914; div. 1944)Kanjū Katō
(m. 1944; died 1978) |
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Shidzue Katō (加藤 シヅエ, Katō Shizue; March 2, 1897 – December 22, 2001), also published as Shidzue Ishimoto, was a 20th-century Japanese feminist and one of the first women elected to the Diet of Japan, best known as a pioneer in the birth control movement. She is known in the U.S. as the "Margaret Sanger of Japan".