Ichikawa Fusae

Ichikawa Fusae (市川 房枝, May 15, 1893 – February 11, 1981) was a Japanese feminist, politician and a leader of the women's suffrage movement.

Born in Bisai, Aichi Prefecture in 1893, Ichikawa was raised with an emphasis on education but also as a witness to her mother's physical abuse from her father.

[2] In 1920 she co-founded the New Women's Association (新婦人協会, Shin-fujin kyokai) together with pioneering Japanese feminist Hiratsuka Raicho.

Two years later, Ichikawa traveled to the United States, intent on making contact with American women's suffrage leader Alice Paul.

Ichikawa's efforts, coupled with the requirements of the Potsdam Declaration, resulted in full suffrage for women in November 1945.

Ichikawa Fusae (1953)
On December 13, 1926, the 2nd anniversary of the Women's Suffrage League was held. Front row, from left: Fusae Ichikawa, Shigeri Kaneko , Etsuko Ohira. Middle row, from left: Kiiko Yagihashi, Ochimi Kubushiro , Mako Ogihara. Back row, from left: Yoshiko Tanaka, Shigeyo Takeuchi , Kyoko Okada.
Ichikawa Fusae in 1920s