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Women's Education and Early Feminist Movements in Meiji Japan (1870s–1912)

Women's Education and Early Feminist Movements in Meiji Japan (1870s–1912)

  1. Ferris girls’ school begins in Yokohama

    Labels: Ferris School, Mary Eddy
  2. Education System Order (Gakusei) promulgated

    Labels: Gakusei, Meiji Government
  3. Tokyo Women’s Normal School ordered established

    Labels: Tokyo Women, teacher training
  4. Tokyo Women’s Normal School opens in Ochanomizu

    Labels: Tokyo Women, Ochanomizu
  5. First government kindergarten established at women’s normal school

    Labels: government kindergarten, Tokyo Women
  6. Tōyō Eiwa Jogakuin founded as a girls’ academy

    Labels: T y, Martha Cartmell
  7. Tokyo Woman’s Christian Temperance Union founded

    Labels: Tokyo WCTU, temperance movement
  8. Meiji Civil Code comes into force

    Labels: Meiji Civil, family law
  9. Jissen Girls’ School founded under Utako Shimoda

    Labels: Jissen Girls, Utako Shimoda
  10. Girls’ High School Order promulgated and enforced

    Labels: Girls High, Ministry of
  11. Japan Women’s University established in Tokyo

    Labels: Japan Women, Naruse Jinzo
  12. Seitō (Bluestocking) magazine launches in Tokyo

    Labels: Seit, Raich Hiratsuka