Women's Suffrage Promotion Association - Women's Suffrage Promotion Association

Japanese: 婦人参政権獲得期成同盟会 - ふじんさんせいけんかくとくきせいどうめいかい

A women's suffrage movement group founded in 1924. The movement began around 1920, and various women's groups joined forces just before the passage of the Universal Suffrage Law in the Diet, and the Women's Suffrage Promotion Association was born, centered around Ichikawa Fusae and Kubushirou Ochimi. In 1925, it changed its name to the Women's Suffrage Promotion Association. It worked to petition the Diet and educate women, and took a neutral stance towards political parties. It reached its peak around 1930, but was dissolved in 1940.
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Japanese:

1924年に生まれた婦選運動団体。運動は1920年ころから始まり普通選挙法の議会通過を目前に各種婦人団体が合同，市川房枝・久布白落実(くぶしろおちみ)らを中心に婦人参政権獲得期成同盟会が生まれた。1925年に婦選獲得同盟と改称。議会への請願や婦人の教育に努め，政党に対しては中立の立場をとった。1930年ころ最盛期を迎えたが，1940年解散。
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