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The Bomb continues to kill fifteen years after (WIDF, 1960)

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WIDF magazine 1960 item on Hiroshima victims: a mother's letter to the Copenhagen international assembly of women recounts her 17-year-old daughter Hiroko Kajiyama's death from leukaemia on 5 April 1960, plus remarks on Japan's ratification of the US-Japan security pact. No Indonesian content or Gerwani mention.

Butir majalah WIDF 1960 tentang korban Hiroshima: surat seorang ibu kepada Majelis Perempuan Internasional di Kopenhagen menceritakan kematian putrinya Hiroko Kajiyama (17 tahun) karena leukemia pada 5 April 1960, serta catatan tentang ratifikasi pakta keamanan AS-Jepang. Tanpa muatan Indonesia atau Gerwani.

“'On the 5th April, 1960, Miss Hiroko Kajiyama died of acute lymphatic leukemia at the age of seventeen.' (p. 10)”

People

Hiroko Kayiyama

Organisations

Women's International Democratic Federation

Places

HiroshimaNagasakiJapanCopenhagen

Topics

peace and anti-imperialismJapan and KoreaWIDF and international women's movementmemory, testimony and justice

Tags

nuclear disarmament

Details

Date
1960
Creator
WIDF
Publication
WIDF
Document type
periodical article (WIDF / international women's movement record)
Language
English
Perspective
Socialist-bloc/solidarity press
Source role
primary
Country
International (WIDF)
Period
1960–1965
Source archive
Alexander Street - Women and Social Movements (WASI / Modern Empires WASG) via Columbia proxy · source link
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library-licensed (Columbia University Libraries); personal research copy Library-licensed or subscription copy: show metadata and summary only; link to the source.
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01 Primary Sources/1.11 WIDF and International Women's Movement Records/Women of the Whole World and WIDF Bulletin (1947-1965) - articles on Indonesia and Gerwani (Alexander Street WASI)/WIDF (1960) - The Bomb continues to kill fifteen years after [WASI].pdf
OCR / text
Good (0.938) · proof-reading: no (script-cleaned only) · translation: not needed
Collection
01 Primary Sources › 1.11 WIDF and International Women's Movement Records › Women of the Whole World and WIDF Bulletin (1947-1965) - articles on Indonesia and Gerwani (Alexander Street WASI)
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