No Steps Behind:Beate Sirota Gordon’s Battle for Women’s Rights in Japan

Keywords: activism, social justice, war, identity, perseverance

Beate Sirota came to Japan as a young girl, learning its language, customs, and traditions. She loved her adopted country. When an extraordinary convergence of circumstances gave her the chance, she dared to do the unthinkable — write a clause for the new national constitution guaranteeing women equal rights.