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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.

  • Format
  • hardcover
  • Pages
  • 44
  • Language
  • english
  • ISBN
  • 9781939547552
  • Genres
  • biography, history, japan, childrens, feminism
  • Release date
  • 2020