Drafting women's rights in Japanese Constitution (Interview by Beate Sirota Gordon) 「私はこうして女性の権利条項を起草した」 ベアテ・シロタ’・ゴードン インタビュー

Abstract

Interview of Beate Sirota Gordon conducted and translated by Keiko Yokota-Carter from January, 1992 - February, 1993. Beate Sirota was a member of the Steering Committee who drafted Japanese Constitution under the Allied Occupation in 1945. She describes the background of her historical work; her family background, biographical story in Tokyo and in the US, how her experiences knowing Japanese women enabled her to draft women's rights in Japanese Constitution. The copy of the entire draft by the Steering Committee is found at the National Diet Library. http://www.ndl.go.jp/constitution/shiryo/03/147shoshi.html The original copy of the draft submitted to the Japanese government on February 13, 1946 http://www.ndl.go.jp/constitution/shiryo/03/076shoshi.html