Hanako Honda

Hanako Honda was a Japanese politician. She was one of the first group of women elected to the House of Representatives in 1946.

Biography

Honda was born in Kobe in 1909 and graduated from Mizuki Higher Elementary School. In 1946, she contested the Osaka 2nd district in the 1946 [Japanese general election|general elections] as a candidate of the Japan [Women's Party], and was elected to the House of Representatives. After being elected, she joined the Liberal [Party |Japan Liberal Party]. During her time in parliament, she introduced a members' bill for the enlargement of medical facilities for public school children and others. She contested Osaka's fifth district in the 1947 elections as a Liberal Party candidate, but lost her seat. She died in 1968.