Kushida Fuki (1899–2001)
Kushida Fuki (1899–2001)
Japanese feminist, peace and antinuclear activist. Born Feb 17, 1899, in Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan; died Feb 5, 2001, age 101, in Tokyo; attended Women's University in Tokyo; m. Tamizo Kushida (Marxist economist who died c. 1939); children: 2.
Pioneer campaigner for women's rights, joined the feminist movement after WWII; worked with Yuriko Miyamoto and became the 1st secretary general of the Women's Democratic Club; elected 3rd president of Federation of Japanese Women's Organizations (1958), a group opposed to nuclear weapons.
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