Yoko Matsuoka
Yoko Matsuoka was born on April 20, 1916. See ranking, bio blurb, and everyone else born that day.
About Yoko Matsuoka
Yoko Matsuoka (松岡洋子, Matsuoka Yōko; 20 April 1916 – 7 December 1979) was a Japanese writer, literary agent, translator, and anti-war and women's rights activist. She was born in Tokyo and was educated in Japan and Korea before being sent to study in the United States in 1931, as a protest to the Asian Exclusion Act. She graduated from Shaker Heights High School in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1935 and earned a degree in political science from Swarthmore College in Pennsylvania in 1939. During her schooling, she became interested in international relations and was active in organizations which promoted…