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'''Tsuda Umeko''' (津田 梅子, [[December 31]], [[1864]] - [[August 16]], [[1929]]) was an [[educator]] who pioneered in education for women in [[Japan]]. |
'''Tsuda Umeko''' (津田 梅子, [[December 31]], [[1864]] - [[August 16]], [[1929]]) was an [[educator]] who pioneered in education for women in [[Japan]]. |
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She was born as a daughter of [[Tsuda Sen]], a progressive agriculturist. In [[1871]] she went to the [[United States]] as the youngest member of the [[Iwakura mission]] at age of 8. She |
She was born as a daughter of [[Tsuda Sen]], a progressive agriculturist. In [[1871]] she went to the [[United States]] as the youngest member of the [[Iwakura mission]] at age of 8. She stayed behind to study in the American education system until she was 18. |
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She returned to Japan in [[1882]] and began to work in a girls' school for [[kazoku]] (descendants of [[kuge]] and [[daimyo]]) which was founded by [[Shimoda Utako]], but she was not satisfied to restrict education within kazoku and went to the United States again. After returning to Japan, she founded Joshi Eigaku-juku (女子英学塾, now [[Tsudajuku University]]) in [[Kojimachi]], [[Tokyo]] to provide equal opportunity of education for all women regardless of parentage. |
She returned to Japan in [[1882]] and began to work in a girls' school for [[kazoku]] (descendants of [[kuge]] and [[daimyo]]) which was founded by [[Shimoda Utako]], but she was not satisfied to restrict education within kazoku and went to the United States again. After returning to Japan, she founded Joshi Eigaku-juku (女子英学塾, now [[Tsudajuku University]]) in [[Kojimachi]], [[Tokyo]] to provide equal opportunity of education for all women regardless of parentage. |
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Tsuda Umeko (津田 梅子, December 31, 1864 - August 16, 1929) was an educator who pioneered in education for women in Japan.
She was born as a daughter of Tsuda Sen, a progressive agriculturist. In 1871 she went to the United States as the youngest member of the Iwakura mission at age of 8. She stayed behind to study in the American education system until she was 18.
She returned to Japan in 1882 and began to work in a girls' school for kazoku (descendants of kuge and daimyo) which was founded by Shimoda Utako, but she was not satisfied to restrict education within kazoku and went to the United States again. After returning to Japan, she founded Joshi Eigaku-juku (女子英学塾, now Tsudajuku University) in Kojimachi, Tokyo to provide equal opportunity of education for all women regardless of parentage.
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