20th century Japanese feminist, anarchist and author, Itô Noé (1895 – 1923) notably contributed to a feminist magazine dedicated to denouncing the inequalities suffered by women. A forced marriage Itô Noé was born on January 21, 1895 on the island of Kyūshū, near the city of Fukuoka in Japan, in a
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Coming from a humble family, a shepherd then a worker, he took part in the Bolshevik revolution in 1917. Nikita embarked on a political career and joined the central committee of the Communist Party of the USSR in 1934, and the Supreme Soviet in 1937. He played an active role in World War II defend