Mitsu Kōro
Mitsu Kōro | |
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| Deputy Secretary of State for Health and Welfare | |
| In office 1955 | |
| Member of the House of Councillors | |
| In office 1947–1968 | |
| Constituency | Tokushima |
| Member of the House of Representatives | |
| In office 1946–1947 | |
| Constituency | Tokushima |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 10 May 1893 Sakamoto, Japan |
| Died | 20 December 1980 (aged 87) |
Mitsu Kōro (Japanese: 紅露みつ; 10 May 1893 – 28 December 1980) was a Japanese politician. She was one of the first group of women elected to the House of Representatives in 1946.[1] Aside from a brief spell in 1947, she served continuously in parliament until 1968.
Biography
Kōro was born in Sakamoto in Gunma Prefecture in 1893. She attended Kanda Girl's High School in Tokyo,[2] after which she married Akira Kōro, who was elected to parliament in 1932. She worked as a journalist.[2] Their son Shinichi was stationed in Hiroshima towards the end of World War II and was killed by the atomic bomb dropped on the city.
After
House of Councillors
by-elections.
Kōro was subsequently re-elected in
Ichiro Hatoyama cabinet in 1955. In 1965 she was awarded the Order of the Precious Crown
.
She died in 1980.
References
- ^ Otsuka Kiyoe (2008) Japanese Women's Legislative and Administrative Reforms in the Postwar Era Bulletin of the Faculty of Education, Kagoshima University
- ^ a b c Analysis of the 1946 Japanese General Election United States Department of State, 1946, p53
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