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Shidzue Katō

1897 - 2001

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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". Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2024). Shidzue Katō is the 17,006th most popular politician (down from 15,447th in 2024), the 1,834th most popular biography from Japan (down from 1,392nd in 2019) and the 343rd most popular Japanese Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Shidzue Katō ranks 17,006 out of 19,576. Before her are Nicola Sturgeon, Nguyễn Thị Kim Ngân, Elizaveta Mukasei, Ma Kai, Ted Kaufman, and Ali Babacan. After her are Beniamino Andreatta, Mohammed Tawfiq Allawi, Anatoly Bibilov, Chokri Belaid, Masoumeh Ebtekar, and Sergio Massa.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1897, Shidzue Katō ranks 299. Before her are Joseph Calleia, Charles Kingsford Smith, Harald Strøm, Sigurd Moen, Walter Winchell, and Kenneth Burke. After her are John Kotelawala, Viola Dana, Margaret Chase Smith, Monty Banks, Cecil Parker, and William Gott. Among people deceased in 2001, Shidzue Katō ranks 315. Before her are Ann Sothern, Henry Jonsson, Mike Mansfield, Arthur Geoffrey Walker, Tony Miles, and Helia Bravo Hollis. After her are Robert Fowler, Michael Dertouzos, Valerie Davies, Joyce King, Bruce Halford, and Julie Bishop.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Shidzue Katō ranks 1,834 out of 6,245. Before her are Lynn Okamoto (1970), Tomomi Fujimura (1978), Takashi Maeda (1981), Kyōko Koizumi (1966), Hideaki Hagino (1973), and Toru Goto (1934). After her are Atsushi Terui (1980), Tatsuya Kawahara (1985), Hiroshi Ohashi (1959), Takuya Ito (1976), Kazuhiro Ninomiya (1946), and Naoto Satō (1953).

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Among POLITICIANS In Japan

Among politicians born in Japan, Shidzue Katō ranks 343. Before her are Takashi Yokoyama (1913), Toshimitsu Motegi (1955), Kunio Hatoyama (1948), Katsuya Okada (1953), Tomio Okamura (1972), and Hsiao Bi-khim (1971). After her are Tomomi Inada (1959), Seiji Maehara (1962), Tarō Kōno (1963), Kinuko Tanida (1939), Hiroshi Abe (1958), and Yukio Edano (1964).

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