American Women Missionaries at Kobe College, 1873-1909: New Dimensions in Gender

ISBN-13: 9780415947909 / Angielski / Twarda / 2004 / 280 str.

Noriko Kawamura Ishii

Opis

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

Spis treści

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.

O autorze

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