Pink Collar Workers: Hiratsuka Raichō

Womanica

Acast Creative Studios

History, Society & Culture, Education

4.3 • 920 Ratings

🗓️ 11 August 2025

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

Hiratsuka Raichō (1886-1971) was a Japanese feminist and social reformer, who founded a literary magazine by and for women. After becoming a mother, she became an advocate for working women in Japan, fighting for suffrage and better working conditions.

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1:06.1	Hello, from Wonder Media Network, I'm Jenny Kaplan, and this is Womanica.
1:10.9	This August, we're bringing back some of our favorite Womanica episodes you might have missed.
1:15.3	All month, we'll be talking about pink-collar workers.
1:18.3	These women revolutionized jobs that have traditionally been called women's work.
1:22.5	Through their lives, they created a more just and humane world for us today.
1:26.5	With that, here's one of our favorite episodes.
1:34.7	Hello, from Wonder Media Network, I'm Jenny Kaplan, and this is Womanica. This month, we're
1:40.8	talking about workers, women who fought for labor rights and shaped the way we do business today.
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