Background
Ayako was born in Tokyo, Japan in 1903. Her mother died when she very young. Her father, a university professor, brought her up.
石垣 綾子
Ayako was born in Tokyo, Japan in 1903. Her mother died when she very young. Her father, a university professor, brought her up.
During the 1920s, she became active in politics. She was active in the New York left, and joined the John Reed Club. She wrote for Japanese-language newspapers and decried the Japanese invasion of Manchuria.
In 1942, following the United States" entrance into World World War II, she joined the Office of War Information as a translator and writer
Her husband was deported from America in 1951. She joined him back in Japan, where she became renowned as a critic and interpreter of America, and for her feminist writings.
After the war, Ayako and Eitaro were targeted by the United States government for their radical political views, including their friendship with Agnes Smedley.