What is Tenkoko Sonoda?
[[File:Matsutani Tenkoko.JPG|thumb|Sonoda in December 1949.]] {{Nihongo|'''Tenkōkō Sonoda'''|園田 天光光|Sonoda Tenkōkō|23 January 1919 &ndash; 29 January 2015}} was a [[Japanese people|Japanese]] [[politician]]. She was a member of the [[Japanese Diet]] from 1946 until 1952. In 1950, she became the first woman in Japanese political history to have a baby while in office. Sonoda was born in [[Tokyo]]. She was married to [[Sunao Sonoda]] until his death in 1984. She was also the stepmother of [[Hiroyuki Sonoda]]. Sonoda died on 29 January 2015 in a Tokyo hospital. She was 96.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/01/30/national/sonoda-one-japans-first-female-lawmakers-dead-96/ |title=Sonoda, one of Japan’s first female lawmakers, dead at 96 |work=[[The Japan Times]] |date=29 January 2015 |accessdate=31 January 2015 |archive-date=2 May 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160502123753/http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/01/30/national/sonoda-one-japans-first-female-lawmakers-dead-96/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Sonoda, Tenkoko}} [[Category:1919 births]] [[Category:2015 deaths]] [[Category:Disease-related deaths in Japan]] [[Category:Politicians from Tokyo]] {{Bio-stub}}