Umeko TSUDA ( ) was an educator in the Meiji Period She is known as a pioneer in women's education in Japan Her original name was Ume (written as 'Mume') and changed to Umeko in 1902 by using Chinese characters Brief Personal HistoryUmeko Tsuda, Founder of Tsuda University Tsuda University was founded as one of the first institutions of higher education for women in Japan in 1900 by Umeko Tsuda, a pioneering woman educator Ever since Umeko Tsuda paved the way, thousands of Tsuda University graduates have been making a difference, bringing both small, immediate changes inTsuda Umeko was one of five young Japanese girls sent to the United States in 1871 by their government to be trained in the lore of domesticity The new Meiji rulers defined a true woman as one who had learned to rear children who would be loyal and obedient to the state, and they looked to the superior culture of the West as the place to obtain such training
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