Only Woman in the Room

Beate Sirota Gordon was born in Vienna, but in 1929 her family moved to Japan so that her father, a noted pianist, could teach, and she grew up speaking German, English, and Japanese. In 1946, at age twenty-two, she helped to draft the new postwar Japanese constitution. This title chronicles the unlikely string of events that led her to that role.

Beate Sirota Gordon s-a nascut la Viena, dar in 1929 familia ei s-a mutat in Japonia pentru ca tatal ei, un pianist remarcat, sa poata preda, iar ea a crescut vorbind germana, engleza si japoneza. In 1946, la varsta de douazeci si doi de ani, a contribuit la elaborarea noii constitutii japoneze postbelice.