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Reflections on the Way to the Gallows Rebel Women in Prewar Japan

Mikiso Hane

In this book, for the first time, we can hear the startling, moving voices of adventurous and rebellious Japanese women as they eloquently challenged the social repression of prewar Japan. The extraordinary women whose memoirs, recollections, and essays are presented here constitute a strong current...

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Behind the Bastards

This book is a collection of Japanese feminist writings, mostly from people who were killed by the state because that was the fate of feminists in Japan during this period.

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In 1892, the government forbid women to make political speeches. And in 1890 made it illegal for women to participate in political activities whatsoever. Women were forbidden to even listen to politic...

— Episode: It Could Happen Here Weekly 32

Episode: It Could Happen Here Weekly 32

This book is a collection of Japanese feminist writings, mostly from people who were killed by the state because that was the fate of feminists in Japan during this period.

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In 1892, the government forbid women to make political speeches. And in 1890 made it illegal for women to participate in political activities whatsoever. Women were forbidden to even listen to political speeches.

The police security regulations of 1900 reinforced these strictures. Article five of the regulations prohibited women from forming any political organization whatsoever.

cripples and disabled persons and wives cannot undertake any legal action.

Episode: It Could Happen Here Weekly 32

The book is a collection of writings by Japanese feminist anarchists and features a quote highlighting the government's severe restrictions on women's political participation.

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In 1892, the government forbid women to make political speeches. And in 1890 made it illegal for women to participate in political activities whatsoever. Women were forbidden to even listen to political speeches.

cripples and disabled persons and wives cannot undertake any legal action.

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