Tel Sono
Author | : Tel Sono |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 78 |
Release | : 1891 |
ISBN-10 | : UOM:39015024856570 |
ISBN-13 | : |
Rating | : 4/5 (70 Downloads) |
Download or read book Tel Sono written by Tel Sono and published by . This book was released on 1891 with total page 78 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tel Sono began business as a lawyer in Tokyo at age 26. She came to San Francisco in 1886 and organized Christian missionary activities to assist Japanese women by education. She established the Benevolent Society for Japanese in San Francisco, taught Japanese language at Mrs. Osborn's Mission Training Inst. in Brooklyn, NY., & was also active in the Women's Temperance Union. She began the Tel Sono Assn. to establish a non-sectarian Christian Training School for Japanese women of the higher classes, to be an example to other classes of women in Japan. This autobiography of the first Japanese woman lawyer is inspiring.