Kawasaki Natsu

Kawasaki Natsu ( Japanese 河 崎 な つ ; born June 25, 1889 in Gojō ( Nara Prefecture ); died November 16, 1966 ) was a Japanese suffragette and educator.

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Kawasaki Natsu graduated from the "Teacher Training Institute for Women, Tōkyō" (東京 女子 師範学校, Tōkyō joshi shihan gakkō), today the "Ochanomizu Women's University" (お 茶 の 水 女子 大学, Ochanomizu joshi daigaku). She taught at Tōkyō Joshi Daigaku and at Tsuda College, the forerunner of Tsuda University . In 1921 she joined Yosano Akiko and others to found the "Bunka Gakuin" (文化 学院), a same-sex educational institution for creative skills.

Kawasaki took part in the prewar women's movement, such as the "Union of the New Woman" (新 婦人 協会, Shin fujin kyōkai). During the Pacific War , she was appointed a member of various committees dealing with the welfare and general problems of women. In 1947 she was elected to the House of Lords .

She participated in the organization of the peace movement and in activities for social reforms, in particular in the "Union of women's organizations of Japan" (日本 婦人 団 体 連 合 会, Nihon fujin dantai rengōkai) of 1953 and the annual "Mothers' Congress of Japan" (日本 母親 大会, Nihon hahaoya taikai). Kawasaki coined the catchphrase “When mothers change, society changes” (母親 が 変 わ れ ば 社会 が 変 わ る, Hahaoya ga kawareba, shkai ga kawaru).

literature

• S. Noma (Ed.): Kawasaki Natsu . In: Japan. An Illustrated Encyclopedia. Kodansha, 1993. ISBN 4-06-205938-X , p. 756.

Web links

• Biographies Kawasaki Natsu in the Kotobank, Japanese

Japanese name: As is common in Japan, the family name comes before the first name in this article . So Kawasaki is the family name, Natsu the first name.