DescriptionMary Kidder left the United States in 1869 and became the first unmarried female missionary to settle in Japan. She was initially hired by the government as an English teacher; however, a year after...
DescriptionMargaret Clark Griffis, older sister of William E. Griffis, ventured to Japan in 1872 at the request of her brother. In Japan, she taught and became the princeipal of Tokyo Government Girls' School...
DescriptionThe oldest origin of Meiji Gakuin was a private English school started by Clara Maria Leete Hepburn, the wife of James C. Hepburn, in 1863. The school operated out of their home and sanatorium in...
