Masako Nakata

Masako Nakata, picture taken 1954

Masako Nakata (中田 正子, Nakata Masako, 1 December 1910 – 15 October 2002) was one of the first three women admitted to the bar in Japan; the three (also including Ai Kume and Yoshiko Mibuchi) were all admitted in 1940.[1][2][3]

Nakata later became the director of the Japan Federation of Bar Associations.[2]

She died in 2002 at the age of 91.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Nakata Masako". デジタル版 日本人名大辞典+Plus. 講談社. Retrieved 4 February 2018.
  2. 1 2 Buchanan, Kelly. "Women in History: Lawyers and Judges | In Custodia Legis: Law Librarians of Congress". Blogs.loc.gov. Retrieved 2018-01-31.
  3. ↑ "The history of gender equality, Meiji University | 女性研究者研究活動支援事業推進本部". Muged.meiji.jp. Retrieved 2018-02-01.
  4. ↑ Japan Today. "Masako Nakata, Japan's 1st female lawyer, dies at 91 - Worldnews.com". Article.wn.com. Retrieved 2018-02-01.
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