Shidzue Katō

Shidzue Katō
加藤 シヅエ
Katō in 1932
Member of the House of Councillors
In office
4 June 1950 – 7 July 1974
Preceded byConstituency established
Succeeded byMulti-member district
ConstituencyNational district
Member of the House of Representatives
In office
10 April 1946 – 23 December 1948
Preceded byConstituency established
Succeeded byKen'ichi Itō
ConstituencyTokyo 2nd (1946–1947)
Tokyo 2nd (1947–1948)
Personal details
BornShidzue Hirota
(1897-03-02)2 March 1897
Died22 December 2001(2001-12-22) (aged 104)
Bunkyō, Tokyo, Japan
PartySocialist
(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".