Women and Educational Reform in History: Japan in a Transnational World

This unique collection provides critical analyses of Japanese educational history by bringing together gender, transnational, and transcultural perspectives.

It illustrates how Japanese, European, and American women educators transcended national borders in seeking to reform and re-shape Japanese education and society in the midst of social and political change from the Meiji era (1868-1912) to 1948 and beyond, including during the American Occupation of Japan. It demonstrates how educationa...