Kushida, Fuki

▪ 2002

      Japanese peace and women's rights activist (b. Feb. 17, 1899, Yamaguchi prefecture, Japan—d. Feb. 5, 2001, Tokyo, Japan), was a noted campaigner for world peace and the advancement of women. She became the first secretary-general of the Women's Democratic Club, a feminist and peace organization, in 1946 and worked with feminist writer Yuriko Miyamoto. Kushida was elected president of the Federation of Japanese Women's Organizations in 1958. In 2000 the centenarian attracted attention as the leader of demonstrations against U.S. military bases on Okinawa.

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