Kanno Sugako

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1881 – 1911

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Who was Kanno Sugako?

Kanno Sugako, also called Suga, was an anarcho-feminist Japanese journalist by profession. She was the author of a series of articles about gender oppression, and a defender of freedom and equal rights for men and women.

In 1910, she was accused of treason by the Japanese government for her alleged involvement in what became known as the Kotoku incident, aimed at the assassination of Emperor Meiji. She was the first woman with the status of political prisoner to be executed in the history of modern Japan.

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Born
1881
Japan
Died
Jan 24, 1911

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on July 23, 2013

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