Shidzue Katō
Shidzue Katō | |
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| Member of the House of Councillors for National District | |
| In office June 4, 1950 – July 7, 1974 | |
| Member of the House of Representatives for Tokyo 2nd District | |
| In office April 10, 1946 – December 23, 1948 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Shidzue Hirota March 2, 1897 Tokyo, Empire of Japan |
| Died | December 22, 2001 (aged 104) Tokyo, Japan |
| Political party | Japan Socialist Party (1946–1951, 1955–1979) Rightist Socialist Party (1951–1955) |
| Spouse(s) | Keikichi Ishimoto (1914–1944) Kanjū Katō (1944–2001) |
Shidzue Katō (加藤 シヅエ, Katō Shizue; March 2, 1897 – December 22, 2001), also published as Shidzue Ishimoto, was a 20th-century Japanese feminist and one of the first women elected to the Diet of Japan, best known as a pioneer in the birth control movement. She is known in the U.S. as the "Margaret Sanger of Japan".