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Hatsu Ando

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Hatsu Ando
Member of the House of Representatives
In office
1946–1947
ConstituencyNagano
Personal details
Born20 January 1912
Nirayama, Japan
Died4 December 1985(1985-12-04) (aged 73)

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

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Hatsu Sen was born in Nirayama in 1912. She graduated from a teacher training college in Shizuoka Prefecture and taught at a national school [ja] 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

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  1. ^ Otsuka Kiyoe (2008) Japanese Women's Legislative and Administrative Reforms in the Postwar Era Bulletin of the Faculty of Education, Kagoshima University
  2. ^ a b Analysis of the 1946 Japanese General Election United States Department of State, 1946, p5
  3. ^ 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