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Hiratsuka Raichō (1886-1971) was the most influential figure in Japan's early women's movement. In 1911, she established 'Bluestocking (Seitō)', Japan's first literary journal run by women. In 1920, she founded the New Women's Association, Japan's first nationwide women's organization to campaign for female suffrage. Soon after World War II, she organized the Japan Federation of Women's Organizations. 'In the Beginning, Woman Was the Sun' is Hiratsuka's autobiography, recounting her rebellion against the strict social codes of the time. Hiratsuka came from an upper-middle class Tokyo family, and her restless quest for truth led to intensive Zen training at Japan Women's College. After graduation, she quickly established herself as a brilliant and articulate leader of feminist causes. This richly detailed memoir presents a woman who was at once idealistic and elitist, fearless and vain, and a perceptive observer of society.-- Back cover.

Feminists --- Women's rights --- Women --- J4176.80 --- J2284.80 --- Human females --- Wimmin --- Woman --- Womon --- Womyn --- Rights of women --- Suffrage --- Japan: Sociology and anthropology -- gender roles, women, feminism -- history --- Japan: Genealogy and biography -- biographies -- Gendai, modern (1926- ), Shōwa, 20th century --- Civil rights --- Law and legislation --- Hiratsuka, Raichō, --- Hiratsuka, Raichō, --- Hiratsuka, Raichō --- Biography.