Japanese Constitution Grants New Rights to Women
At a glance:
- Series: Great Events from History II: Human Rights Series
- Categories: Government and Politics, Women’s Issues, Social Issues, Reform, and Protest
- Subcategories: Civil Rights, Minority Rights, Minorities, Feminism, Feminists, Women’s Rights, Gender Issues, Sexism, Laws, Acts, Legislation, Human Rights
- Curriculum: Women’s History, Asian History
- Geographical Location: Japan
- Date: May 3, 1947
Article abstract: For the first time in Japan’s modern history, Japanese women received political, social, and economic rights, under a new constitution.
Summary of Event
On March 10, 1943, the United States State Department began to plan postwar changes for Japan. The State-War-Navy Coordinating Committee (SWNCC), formed in December, 1944, became the primary U.S. agency for formulation of policy guidelines in Japan and continued in that role until its dissolution in November, 1947. By May, 1944, “The Post-War Objectives of the United States in...
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