Women's rights pioneer and politician, Kato, dies at 104

TOKYO, Japan - Shizue Kato (file photo taken in May, 1996), one of the first Japanese women to become a Diet member and a pioneer of women's rights in Japan, died on Dec. 22. She was 104. While studying in the United States, Kato met the famous feminist and pioneer of family planning, Margaret Sanger, around 1920. When she returned to Japan, she promoted the use of contraceptives, which was a taboo subject under the militaristic government. She also took part in a movement calling for women's suffrage.

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