Explanation:
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The push for women’s suffrage in Japan during the interwar period was part of a larger
social movement. During this pivotal time period, women were moving from the private to the
public sphere and questioning their role within society. Meanwhile, the Japanese government,
consisting predominately of men, also rethought the role of women in society .How would women’s suffrage benefit the nation? Are women equal to men?
These were some of the questions both men and women faced during the interwar era. For most
Japanese, the answers to such bewildering questions rested in the western world. The West
influenced Japanese men and women— but in considerably different ways. Japanese women
demanded the right to vote, while the men in government sought to limit women’s votes. As this
paper will argue, in the end, western influence shaped the Japanese government in limiting the
women’s suffrage movement.
