About Hisa Sawada
Lived 1897 – 1979 (aged 81). Hisa Sawada was a Japanese politician.
Hisa Sawada (; 25 November 1897 – 9 November 1979) was a Japanese suffragist and politician. She was one of the first group of women elected to the House of Representatives in 1946.
Biography Sawada was born in 1897 and was from Tsuchiyama in Shiga Prefecture. After marrying she moved to Kuwana in Mie Prefecture. She became a leader of the women's suffrage movement and chaired the Chūbu Women's Suffrage Acquisition League. After losing her seat in the 1947 elections, she was a candidate for the Rightist Socialist Party in the 1953 House of Councillors elections, finishing second behind Hiroya Ino with 28% of the vote.
She died in 1979.
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Japanese politician (1897–1979)
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Hisa Sawada was born on 25 November 1897.
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Hisa Sawada died on 9 November 1979.
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Hisa Sawada was a politician.
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