Jump to content

Noriko Narushima

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Noriko Narushima
成島 憲子
Member of the House of Representatives for the Chiba 1st district
In office
1947–1949
Preceded byMulti-member constituency
Succeeded byMulti-member constituency
Personal details
Born(1898-07-27)27 July 1898
Tokyo City, Tokyo, Japan
Died4 January 1976(1976-01-04) (aged 77)
Political partyDemocratic Party

Noriko Narushima (成島 憲子, Narushima Noriko, 27 July 1898 – 4 January 1976) was a Japanese politician and women's right activist. Originally an active leader in the women's liberation movement in Japan [ja], she became a member of the House of Representatives after her husband Isamu Narushima [ja] was purged as part of the occupation of Japan, serving from 1947 until 1949.

Biography

[edit]

Noriko Narushima was born on 27 July 1898 in Tokyo City.[1][2] She graduated from Taipei First Girls' High School in 1916.[3] She was an active leader in the women's liberation movement in Japan [ja] and served as president of the Higashi-Katsushika District chapter of the Dai Nippon fujinkai.[2]

After her husband, member of the House of Representatives Isamu Narushima [ja], was purged during the occupation of Japan,[2] she ran in the 1947 Japanese general election as one of Chiba 1st district's five Democratic Party candidates, and she was elected to the seat, getting the most votes out of any candidate.[4] During her time as a legislator, she became deputy director of the party's women's division.[3][5]

In the 1949 Japanese general election, she ranked seventh place in her district and was not re-elected.[6] She died on 4 January 1976.[3]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ 第三回国会 衆議院議員名簿. p. 10.
  2. ^ a b c 新羅愛子 (1984). 千葉県女性人名辞典. p. 132.
  3. ^ a b c 議会制度百年史 - 衆議院議員名鑑. p. 250.
  4. ^ "千葉1区 - 第23回衆議院議員選挙(衆議院議員総選挙)1947年04月25日投票". go2senkyo (in Japanese). Retrieved 20 July 2024.
  5. ^ 千葉大百科事典. p. 710.
  6. ^ "千葉1区 - 第24回衆議院議員選挙(衆議院議員総選挙)1949年01月23日投票". go2senkyo (in Japanese). Retrieved 20 July 2024.