No Steps Behind: Beate Sirota Gordon's Battle for Women's Rights in Japan
No Steps Behind tells the unlikely story of Beate Sirota, a young woman who grew up in Japan and returned as a translator working for the American military after WWII. Fluent in Japanese language and culture, she was assigned to work with the delegation writing the new post-war constitution. Thanks to her bravery in speaking up for the women of Japan, the new constitution ended up including equal rights for all women.
- Author
- Jeff Gottesfeld, Shiella Witanto
- Format
- hardcover
- Pages
- 44
- Publisher
- Creston Books
- Language
- english
- ISBN
- 9781939547552
- Genres
- biography, history, japan, childrens, feminism
- Release date
- 2020
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