Gender and Post-war Relief: Support for War-Widowed Mothers in Occupied Japan (1945-52).

This article analyses the gender implications that emerged through welfare support for the war-bereaved in post-Asia-Pacific War Japan. It follows the foundation, activities and dissolution of the Federation of Bereaved War Victims, the first support group for the war-bereaved that initially began a...

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Published in:	Gender & History Vol. 28; no. 3; pp. 775 - 794
Main Author:	Takenaka, Akiko
Format:	Article
Published:	Wiley-Blackwell Nov2016
Subjects:	Allied occupation of Japan, 1945-1952 War widows Postwar reconstruction Reconstruction (1939-1951) War victims Mothers Survivors' benefits Twentieth century History Societies
Online Access:	View this record in EBSCOhost