No Steps Behind: Beate Sirota Gordon's Battle for Women's Rights in Japan

by Jeff Gottesfeld

No Steps Behind tells the unlikely story of Beate Sirota, a young woman who grew up in Japan and returned as a translator working for the American military after WWII. Fluent in Japanese language and culture, she was assigned to work with the delegation writing the new post-war constitution. Thanks to her bravery in speaking up for the women of Japan, the new constitution ended up including equal rights for all women.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1939547555
• ISBN13: 9781939547552
• Release Date: March 2020
• Publisher: Creston Books
• Length: 44 Pages
• Weight: 2.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 8.3" x 11.1"
• Age Range: 8 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 7