TY - BOOK ID - 30957961 TI - In the beginning, woman was the sun : the autobiography of a Japanese feminist AU - Hiratsuka, Raichō AU - Teruko, Craig. PY - 2010 SN - 9780231138130 9780231138123 0231138121 PB - New York Columbia University Press DB - UniCat KW - Feminists KW - Women's rights KW - Women KW - J4176.80 KW - J2284.80 KW - Human females KW - Wimmin KW - Woman KW - Womon KW - Womyn KW - Rights of women KW - Suffrage KW - Japan: Sociology and anthropology -- gender roles, women, feminism -- history KW - Japan: Genealogy and biography -- biographies -- Gendai, modern (1926- ), Shōwa, 20th century KW - Civil rights KW - Law and legislation KW - Hiratsuka, Raichō, KW - Hiratsuka, Raichō, KW - Hiratsuka, Raichō KW - Biography. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:30957961 AB - Hiratsuka Raichō (1886-1971) was the most influential figure in Japan's early women's movement. In 1911, she established 'Bluestocking (Seitō)', Japan's first literary journal run by women. In 1920, she founded the New Women's Association, Japan's first nationwide women's organization to campaign for female suffrage. Soon after World War II, she organized the Japan Federation of Women's Organizations. 'In the Beginning, Woman Was the Sun' is Hiratsuka's autobiography, recounting her rebellion against the strict social codes of the time. Hiratsuka came from an upper-middle class Tokyo family, and her restless quest for truth led to intensive Zen training at Japan Women's College. After graduation, she quickly established herself as a brilliant and articulate leader of feminist causes. This richly detailed memoir presents a woman who was at once idealistic and elitist, fearless and vain, and a perceptive observer of society.-- Back cover. ER -