No Steps Behind: Beate Sirota Gordon's Battle for Women's Rights in Japan
Jeff Gottesfeld$16.14
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No Steps Behind tells the unlikely story of Beate Sirota, a young woman who grew up in Japan and returned as a translator working for the American military after WWII. Fluent in Japanese language and culture, she was assigned to work with the delegation writing the new post-war constitution. Thanks to her bravery in speaking up for the women of Japan, the new constitution ended up including equal rights for all women.
Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Creston Books
Published: 03/03/2020
ISBN: 9781939547552
Pages: 44
Weight: 0.97lbs
Size: 11.10h x 8.30w x 0.50d
Review Citations: Kirkus Reviews 01/01/2020
Publishers Weekly 01/06/2020
School Library Journal 03/01/2020 pg. 125