Reflections on the Way to the Gallows: Rebel Women in Prewar Japan
"Profoundly moving. . . . Readers mining this material,  interacting  directly with the authors, cannot help but reassess the historically  static,  stereotypical image of 'Japanese Woman' familiar to us all. . . . We see  women  who were complex, real people."  --Barbara Molony, Journal of Asian  Studies"Through these translations Mikiso Hane has reunited women with  a  historical political tradition, showing us how vital a part of that  prewar  protest they were."  --Women's Review of Books"[Hane] uses biographies and memoirs to tell the stories of 13  Japanese  women who joined left-wing groups to fight . . . injustices and remained  steadfast despite hunger, homelessness, torture and imprisonment."  --Elizabeth  Hanson, New York Times Book Review