Kiyo Takeda

Kiyo Takeda (武田キヨ, 21 September 1896 – 14 March 1954) was a Japanese educator and politician. She was one of the first group of women elected to the House of Representatives in 1946.

Biography
Takeda was born in Zeze, Shiga (now part of Ōtsu) in 1896. The family later moved to Yamaguchi Prefecture when her father was transferred there for work. She attended Yamaguchi Prefectural Yamaguchi Chuo High School and graduated from Tokyo Women's Higher Normal School in 1919. She subsequently worked as a teacher at Hiroshima Prefectural Kure Mitsuda High School and Kure Port High School, and served as headmistress of several schools including Tokyo Yakumo Girls' School.

After World War II, Takeda joined the Liberal Party. She was a candidate for the party in Hiroshima in the 1946 general elections (the first in which women could vote), and was elected to the House of Representatives. She was re-elected in the 1947 elections, shortly after which she joined the Democratic Party. She lost her seat in the 1949 elections and died of a cerebral haemorrhage in 1954.