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No Steps Behind
Beate Sirota Gordon's Battle for Women's Rights in Japan
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- 44 pages
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No Steps Behind tells the unlikely story of Beate Sirota, a young woman who grew up in Japan and returned as a translator working for the American military after WWII. Fluent in Japanese language and culture, she was assigned to work with the delegation writing the new post-war constitution. Thanks to her bravery in speaking up for the women of Japan, the new constitution ended up including equal rights for all women.
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No Steps Behind, Jeff Gottesfeld, Shiella Witanto
- Language
- Released
- 2020
- Binding
- (Hardcover),
- Book condition
- Very Good
- Price
- €6.49
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- Title
- No Steps Behind
- Subtitle
- Beate Sirota Gordon's Battle for Women's Rights in Japan
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Jeff Gottesfeld, Shiella Witanto
- Publisher
- Creston Books
- Released
- 2020
- Format
- Hardcover
- Pages
- 44
- ISBN10
- 1939547555
- ISBN13
- 9781939547552
- Series
- Categories
- Tags
- Historical Themes, Women, 20th century, World War II, Japan, Jewish Literature, Women's Rights, Quotations, Translators, Internment Camps, Interpreters
- Description
- No Steps Behind tells the unlikely story of Beate Sirota, a young woman who grew up in Japan and returned as a translator working for the American military after WWII. Fluent in Japanese language and culture, she was assigned to work with the delegation writing the new post-war constitution. Thanks to her bravery in speaking up for the women of Japan, the new constitution ended up including equal rights for all women.