About Kiyo Murashima
Lived 1892 – 1982 (aged 89–90). Kiyo Murashima was a Japanese politician.
Kiyo Murashima (; 6 October 1892 – 11 March 1982) was a Japanese politician. She was one of the first group of women elected to the House of Representatives in 1946.
Biography Murashima was born in Niigata Prefecture in 1892. She graduated from in 1911, after which she studied at Tsuda Girl's English School. In March 1947 the Progressive Party merged into the Democratic Party. Murashima was a Demopcratic Party candidate in the April 1947 elections, but was not elected. She subsequently worked as a mediator for Niigata family court,
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Japanese politician
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Kiyo Murashima was born in 1892 in Niigata Prefecture.
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Kiyo Murashima died on 11 March 1982.
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