Name
Gordon, Beate (Interviewee)
Skabelund, Aaron Herald (Interviewer)
Cohen, Nicole (Interviewer)
Title
Reminiscences of Beate Gordon, 2003
Abstract
Childhood and influence of parents; primary education; Mills College; conditions in Japan during World War II; work: Time magazine, GHQ-Allied Powers General Headquarters, Government Section; memories of the Allied Powers occupation of Japan; involvement in drafting Japanese Constitution especially areas pertaining to civil rights and women's rights; acquaintance with husband Joe Gordon; influence of feminism; opposition to constitutional revision in Japan; work as interviewer for Oral History Research Office; service as director of performing arts for Asia and Japan Societies; effects of McCarthyism personally and on colleagues; reminiscences of former colleagues
Collection Name
Occupation of Japan project
Subjects
Women--Social conditions.--Japan; Women's rights--Japan; Occupations--Japan; Arts administrators; Japan History Allied occupation, 1945-1952; Gordon, Beate; Mills College; Time; Japan; Kenpō (1946)
Format
oral histories
Genre
Interviews
Date
2003
Physical Description
207 pages + index, interviewer's endnotes
Note (Biographical)
Director of Performing Arts Programming
Women's Rights Advocate
Note
Interviewed by Aaron Skabelund and Nicole Cohen in 6 sessions, October 15, 2001 - September 5, 2002
Note (Provenance)
Gift of Beate Gordon
Language
English
Library Location
Columbia Center for Oral History, Columbia University
Catalog Record
15844197
Persistent URL
https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/5djm-8156
Related URLs
Available digital content for this interview.