Tsuda Umeko

Tsuda Umeko (津田 梅子, born Tsuda Ume (つだ・うめ); December 31, 1864 – August 16, 1929) was a Japanese educator, Christian, and pioneer in education for women in Meiji period Japan. Originally named Tsuda Ume, with mume or ume referring to the Japanese plum, she went by the name Ume Tsuda while studying in the United States before changing her name to Umeko in 1902.

Tsuda Umeko

Tsuda Umeko (津田 梅子, born Tsuda Ume (つだ・うめ); December 31, 1864 – August 16, 1929) was a Japanese educator, Christian, and pioneer in education for women in Meiji period Japan. Originally named Tsuda Ume, with mume or ume referring to the Japanese plum, she went by the name Ume Tsuda while studying in the United States before changing her name to Umeko in 1902.