Misu Nomura

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

Biography

Nomura was born in 1896 in the village of in Nakauonuma District of Niigata Prefecture. After graduating from Ueno Housekeeper High School in 1919 she worked as a primary school teacher. She married Kojiro Nomura, who worked at the tax office.
After World War II, Nomura contested the Niigata 2nd district in the 1946 general elections as an independent candidate, and was elected to the House of Representatives. She was a founding member of the National Cooperative Party in 1947, becoming one of its vice presidents. She unsuccessfully contested the 1947 House of Councillors elections as an NCP candidate in Niigata Prefecture. She died in 1979.