A New Woman of Japan: A Political Biography of Katō Shidzue is a 1996 book about Shidzue Katō by Helen M. Hopper, published by Westview Press. Barbara Molony of Santa Clara University described it as the first "critical biography" of Katō, and that the work "captured the importance of" Katō's relationships. Lori Williamson in "Women's History and Biography" stated that the book explored a hypocritical stance regarding racial integration in which Katō criticized her stepdaughter for trying to have a liaison with an American soldier.