Editing Beate Sirota Gordon (section)

==Honors, retirement and legacy==
For her work as an arts presenter, and for associated activities such as production of video tapes, records, and scholarly monographs on various Asian art forms, Gordon received numerous awards, among them the [[American Dance Guild]] Award (1978), two Dance on Camera Festival Awards (1984, 1985), an [[Obie Award]] for the introduction of [[Samul Nori]] to the United States (1985); a [[Bessie Awards|Bessie Award]] (1990) which cited her "for beating an ever-widening path between the cultures of East and West and for understanding the essential creative dialectic between tradition and experimentation and the fundamental partnership of artists involved in both"; the 2005 Ryoko Akamatsu Award, the Avon Grand Award to Women's Award (1997), and the John D. Rockefeller Award from the [[Asian Cultural Council]] (1997) which gave "recognition of your extraordinary contributions in introducing American scholars, artists, and general audiences to the performing arts of Asia and in increasing the American understanding and appreciation of Asian dance, theater, and music traditions."

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Gordon retired from the directorship at the Asia Society in 1991, continuing as Senior Consultant for Performing Arts until July 1993. She received an Honorary [[Doctor of Fine Arts]] degree from Mills College in 1991, and the President's Medal from the [[City College of New York|College of the City of New York]] in 1992. In November 1998 she received the [[Order of the Sacred Treasure]], Gold Rays with Rosette, from the Japanese government. She also received an honorary [[Doctor of Law]] degree from [[Smith College]] in 2008, and was awarded an honorary [[Doctor of Philosophy|Ph.D.]] from Mills College in 2011, where a collection of her papers now resides.<ref name="Forward" />

The Japanese television network, [[Asahi Broadcasting Corporation]] (ABC), produced a 90-minute documentary on Gordon's life, first broadcast in Japan on May 22, 1993. A Japanese-language biography, ''Christmas 1945: The Biography of the Woman Who Wrote the Equal Rights Clause of the Japanese Constitution'', was published on October 20, 1995. The English version of this book was published in March 1998 under the title ''The Only Woman in the Room: A Memoir''. A play based on Gordon's role in writing the Japanese constitution, ''A String of Pearls'' by James Miki, was performed by the Seinen Gekijo in Tokyo, in April 1998. Gordon also lectured extensively in the United States and in Japan on her role in writing the Japanese constitution.

The film ''The Sirota Family and the 20th Century'', produced by Tomoko Fujiwara, made its debut in the West in [[Paris]] in April 2009. It is the story of Gordon's father's family and their flight from Europe into the [[diaspora]].

Minor planet [[5559 Beategordon]] discovered by [[Eleanor Helin]] is named in her honor. The official naming citation was published by the [[Minor Planet Center]] on 8 November 2019 ({{small|[[Minor Planet Circulars|M.P.C.]] 117229}}).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.minorplanetcenter.net/iau/ECS/MPCArchive/2019/MPC_20191108.pdf | title=MINOR PLANET CIRCULARS/MINOR PLANETS AND COMETS, M.P.C 117229 |date=November 8, 2019}}</ref>

[[Jeff Gottesfeld]] published a 2020 book for children, celebrating Gordon's activism and documenting the historical struggle for equal rights.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020|title=No Steps Behind: Beate Sirota Gordon's Battle for Women's Rights in Japan {{!}} Jewish Book Council|url=https://www.jewishbookcouncil.org/book/no-steps-behind-beate-sirota-gordons-battle-for-womens-rights-in-japan|access-date=2021-01-10|website=www.jewishbookcouncil.org|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Children's Book Review: No Steps Behind: Beate Sirota Gordon's Battle for Women's Rights in Japan by Jeff Gottesfeld, illus. by Shiella Witanto. Creston, $18.99 (44p) ISBN 978-1-939547-55-2|url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-1-939547-55-2|access-date=2021-01-10|website=PublishersWeekly.com|date=March 2020 |language=en}}</ref>