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Lisa Batya Feld on Beate Sirota Gordon

This Week in History: On October 25, 1923, Beate Sirota Gordon was born. Lisa Batya Feld describes how the 22-year-old made history by writing women's equality into the Japanese constitution after WWII.

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Jewish Women's Archive. "Lisa Batya Feld on Beate Sirota Gordon ." (Viewed on June 15, 2026) <https://qa.jwa.org/media/lisa-batya-feld-on-beate-sirota-gordon>.