Hatsu Ando
Hatsu Ando | |
|---|---|
安藤 はつ | |
 Ando in 1947 | |
| Member of the House of Representatives | |
| In office 1946–1947 | |
| Preceded by | Constituency established |
| Succeeded by | Multi-member district |
| Constituency | Nagano at-large |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Hatsu Sen 20 January 1912 Nirayama, Shizuoka, Japan |
| Died | 4 December 1985 (aged 73) Tokyo, Japan |
| Political party | National Cooperative |
| Spouse | Hideo Ando |
Hatsu Ando (Japanese: 安藤はつ, 20 January 1912 – 4 December 1985) was a Japanese politician. She was one of the first group of women elected to the House of Representatives in 1946.[1]
Biography
Hatsu Sen was born in Nirayama in 1912. She graduated from a teacher training college in Shizuoka Prefecture and taught at a national school in Omimura until marrying Hideo Ando. She became a member of the New Japan Cultural Association and served as president of the Shin-Etsu Industrial Company.[2] The couple moved to Nagano Prefecture during World War II.
In 1946 Ando contested the Nagano constituency in the general elections as a candidate of the Peace Party, and was elected to the House of Representatives.[2] After being elected, she joined the National Cooperative Party. She lost her seat in the 1947 elections.
Ando subsequently lived in the suburbs of Tokyo until her death in 1985.[3]
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 Analysis of the 1946 Japanese General Election United States Department of State, 1946, p5
- ^ Mitsuyo Iwao (1999) 新しき明日の来るを信ず－はじめての女性代議士たち, pp199–201 ISBN 4140804394