Occupied Japan 1945 - 1952: Gender, Class, Race
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Occupied Japan 1945 - 1952: Gender, Class, Race

Activist Housewives, 1949

Left: Housewives in the Retail Store Movement casting ballots in local government offices. 500,000 women participated.
Right: Housewives protesting the rice prices at Sukiyabashi Park, Tokyo.
From: Ayumi: Shufren 25 shukunen kirnen (Going Forward: Celebrating the 25th Anniversary of the Housewives Association). Tokyo: Shufuren Gōkai, 1972.

 

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