Her work set basis for an equal society

New York Times : Thu Jan 03 2013, 03:27 hrs

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One of MacArthur's first priorities was drafting a constitution for postwar Japan begun in February 1946, that had to be finished in just seven days. Beate wound up drafting two articles of the proposed Japanese Constitution. One, Article 14, said in part, "All of the people are equal under the law and there shall be no discrimination in political, economic or social relations because of race, creed, sex, social status or family origin." The other, Article 24, gave women protections in areas including "choice of spouse, inheritance." The new Constitution took effect in 1947; the next year, Beate Sirota married.

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