Creating Socialist Women in Japan

• 1. Introduction; 2. Imperial subjects; 3. Wives; 4. Mothers; 5. Workers; 6. Activists; 7. Creating socialist women 1903–37.

'The focus of the study is women involved in urban-based organisations in the Tokyo region (the legal left) who defined themselves as socialist … This book depicts an heroic struggle, and in recounting it, as Mackie acknowledges, she has constructed her own narrative of resistance and liberation. The book will have substantial appeal, both for its strong empirical base, and for its textual analysis.' Labour History Review