Setsuko Hani
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Setsuko Hani | |
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羽仁説子 | |
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| Born | April 2, 1903 Tokyo, Japan |
| Died | July 10, 1987 |
| Occupation(s) | Writer, social critic, educator |
| Children | 2, including Susumu Hani |
| Mother | Hani Motoko |
| Relatives | Sachiko Hidari (daughter-in-law) Yoko Matsuoka (cousin) |
Setsuko Hani (April 2, 1903 – July 10, 1987; in Japanese: 羽仁説子) was a Japanese writer, educator, and social critic, known for her 1948 essay "The Japanese Family System".
Hani Setsuko was born in Tokyo, the daughter of journalists Yoshikazu Hani and Hani Motoko. She was educated at the school her parents founded, Jiyu Gakuen.[1][2]
Career
Hani was a reporter and teacher as a young woman. In the 1930s she ran a school for Japanese children in Beijing. She was one of the founders of the Women's Democratic Club (Fujin minshū kurabu) in March 1946,[3] and joined Shidzue Kato, Yoko Matsuoka (who was also Hani's cousin), and other feminists in presenting a statement to General Douglas Macarthur on women's rights in post-war Japan.[4] As a "child welfare expert", she expressed concern for the children born to Western fathers and Japanese women during the post-war occupation.[5] In 1955 she was one of Japan's five representatives at the Women's International Democratic Federation (WIDF) meeting in Geneva.[6]
