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

1. Ferris girls’ school begins in Yokohama

   Jan 1, 1870Labels: Ferris School, Mary Eddy

   • Ferris School

2. Education System Order (Gakusei) promulgated

   Aug 3, 1872Labels: Gakusei, Meiji Government

   • Japanese Wiki

3. Tokyo Women’s Normal School ordered established

   Jan 1, 1874Labels: Tokyo Women, teacher training

   • Ochanomizu 150th

4. Tokyo Women’s Normal School opens in Ochanomizu

   Jan 1, 1875Labels: Tokyo Women, Ochanomizu

   • Ochanomizu 150th

5. First government kindergarten established at women’s normal school

   Nov 14, 1876Labels: government kindergarten, Tokyo Women

   • Ochanomizu 150th
   • HEQ Cambridge

6. Tōyō Eiwa Jogakuin founded as a girls’ academy

   Nov 6, 1884Labels: T y, Martha Cartmell

   • T y Eiwa

7. Tokyo Woman’s Christian Temperance Union founded

   Dec 6, 1886Labels: Tokyo WCTU, temperance movement

   • Kyofukai
   • Chicago Press

8. Meiji Civil Code comes into force

   Jan 1, 1898Labels: Meiji Civil, family law

   • Willamette Hane

9. Jissen Girls’ School founded under Utako Shimoda

   Jan 1, 1899Labels: Jissen Girls, Utako Shimoda

   • Jissen Univ

10. Girls’ High School Order promulgated and enforced

    Feb 8, 1899Labels: Girls High, Ministry of

    • MEXT Whitepaper

11. Tokyo Women’s Medical School commenced

    Jan 1, 1900Labels: Tokyo Women, Yayoi Yoshioka

    • TWMU Info
    • NDL Portraits

12. Tsuda Umeko founds Joshi Eigaku Juku

    Jan 1, 1900Labels: Joshi Eigaku, Tsuda Umeko

    • Tsuda Univ
    • Rutgers Archives

13. Japan Women’s University established in Tokyo

    Apr 20, 1901Labels: Japan Women, Naruse Jinzo

    • JWU Outline
    • JWU Spirit

14. Seitō (Bluestocking) magazine launches in Tokyo

    Sep 1, 1911Labels: Seit, Raich Hiratsuka

    • Seit Wiki