JAPANESE WOMEN’S EMANCIPATION
DESCRIPTION BY DR. EELLS Progress in the emancipation of Japanese women was described in a luncheon address in Christchurch yesterday by Dr. Walter C. Eells, formerly adviser on higher education at Allied Supreme Headquarters, Tokyo. Before the occupation women had had no rights or privileges, he said. When they were young, they were expected to obey their parents, later their husbands, and in old age their sons. Japanese women had voted for the first time four years ago, said Dr. Eells. They had voted universally and intelligently. Thirty-nine women were returned to the Diet of 440 members. More than 800 women were now members of the prefectural assemblies and boards of education, he said, and more than 2000 were in the police force. Education had formerly not been open to women at all, but now 170 of the 200 universities were co-educa-tional and 30 were for women only, Dr. Eells added.
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Press, Volume LXXXVII, Issue 26538, 28 September 1951, Page 2
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