American Women Missionaries at Kobe College, 1873-1909

by Noriko Kawamura Ishii

Overview

This study examines one aspect of American women's professionalization and the implications of the cross-cultural dialogue between American woman missionaries and Japanese students and supporters at Kobe College between 1873 and 1909.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415653503
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	07/27/2012
Series:	East Asia: History, Politics, Sociology and Culture
Edition description:	Reissue
Pages:	280
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Noriko Kawamura Ishii is Professor in the Department of English Studies at Sophia University.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction 2. American Women at Home: The Woman's Board of Missions of the Interior and American Women Missionaries to Japan 3. Missionary Work Launched: Kobe Home, 1873-1877, the Founding Years 4. A Transition to Education as a Profession: Kobe Home to Kobe Girls' School, 1877-1882 5. Missionary Aspirations for Higher Education: Kobe Girls' School to Kobe College, 1883-1909. Epilogue: The Dissolution of Women's Authority: Kobe College, 1910-1927. Appendix.