About Keiko Sugita
Lived 1908 – 1992 (aged 84). Keiko Sugita was a Japanese politician.
Keiko Sugita (; 29 March 1908 – 23 December 1992) was a Japanese politician. She was one of the first group of women elected to the House of Representatives in 1946.
Biography Sugita graduated from the English Department of Japan Women's University in 1929. She married Shogo Sugita, a reporter for .
After World War II, Sugita joined the Liberal Party. With her husband unable to run for office, she was a Liberal candidate in Ibaragi in the 1946 general elections (the first in which women could vote), and was elected to the House of Representatives. She lost her seat in the 1947 elections, in which she ran in the .
With Shogo having died in 1946, Sugita later ran an inn at Shima Onsen.
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Who was Keiko Sugita?
Japanese politician
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Keiko Sugita was born on 29 March 1908 in Azabu-ku.
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Keiko Sugita died on 23 December 1992.
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