Tsuko Yamashita (Japanese: 山下ツ子, 5 January 1899 – 12 July 1987) was a Japanese educator and politician. She was one of the first group of women elected to the House of Representatives in 1946.[1]
Biography
Yamashita was born in Kumamoto in 1899. She was educated at Nara Girls' Higher Normal School,[2] after which she became a teacher, teaching at Kumamoto First Girls' High School and in Nagasaki.[2] She also became a leader of the Mothers' League.[2]