Tsuda, Umeko, 1864-1929

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Name (Latin)
Tsuda, Umeko, 1864-1929
Other forms of name
Umeko, Tsuda, 1864-1929
Date of birth
1864-12-31
Date of death
1929-08-16
Associated country
Japan
Field of activity
Education
Occupation
Educators
Gender
female
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
VIAF: 52490783
Wikidata: Q514524
Library of congress: n 81079927
Sources of Information
  • Knox, K. (McCook)
  • Furuki, Y. The white plum, a biography of Ume Tsuda, 1991:
  • Rose, B. Tsuda Umeko and women's education in Japan, c1992.
  • Tsuda Umeko, 1982:
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Wikipedia description:

Tsuda Umeko (津田 梅子, born Tsuda Ume (津田 梅); December 31, 1864 – August 16, 1929) was a Japanese educator who founded Tsuda University. She was the daughter of Tsuda Sen, an agricultural scientist, and at the age of 7, she became Japan's first female exchange student, traveling to the U.S. on the same ship as the Iwakura Mission. Originally named Tsuda Ume, with ume referring to the Japanese plum, she went by the name Ume Tsuda while studying in the United States before changing her name to Umeko in 1902.

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