Hide Hirata, whose maiden name was Nihei,[1] was born on 23 June 1902[1] in Fukushima Prefecture.
[1][2][3][4] In March 1926, she became a teacher at Fukushima Prefectural Soma East High School.
[1] She was an attempted candidate from the Fukushima 2nd district for the Social Democratic Party in the 1953 Japanese general election.
[1] She later won in the 1955 Japanese general election and served one term in the House of Representatives, serving as the head of the Education Policy Committee and as her party's Social Security Policy Chair.
[1][2][3][4] Hirata was a counselor and mediator at the Fukushima Family Court, a director of the Aizu Children's Garden, a director of the Women's Issues Study Group, and a civil mediator at the Shibuya Summary Court.