Hi, everyone!
Today I'll introduce you a magnificent article of Sugako Kanno, which has her notable statement on a local newspaper. That title is Women’s snub, published on April 15, 1906. She observed in it that women’s deep concern was based on an unfaithful attitude of their partners, and strongly urged women to use their influence in giving a snub to selfish men.
Though women’s anxiety was also caused by their financial problems, which would be solved by socialism in the near future, women had to fight against men at first. She insisted on the importance of being courageous because it was just the biggest weapon for women. This article is very short one, but her clear tone makes me feel refreshed.
At that time, she was only 26 years old, but she had already experienced marriage, divorce, some love affairs. She could feel women’s weakness through her own practice. While being accused of too frankly speaking by her colleagues, she never gave up.
Thank you for reading. See you!
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Dear Cherry and friends,
Hello. How are you?
I hope all of you are fine.
Plum, I'm sorry to hear you had hernia on another part of your body.
Please take care of yourself.
I attended a gathering in Hida Furukawa. I stayed at a hotel from Tuesday to today. It was an interesting meeting. I felt I was welcome. Most attendees were Christians and historians. Probably half of them are retired academicians. Among them 2 men used to be science teachers at institutions of tertiary education. At least two are priests. I met a historian who are studying about Lucy Payne. I had chance to hear her current and future research and her life. She is exactly twice as old as me and a housewife. My main objective to attend the meeting was to listen to her presentation about Lucy Payne, but I could get some more useful information about historical archives. The most important one was the list of missionaries who came to Japan from Great Britain in the late 19th century although not all woman missionaries are recorded. The informant was from St. Andrews university in Izumi-city. Last summer, I visited its library. He also told me the name of two societies which dispatched woman missionaries to Asia. The Female Education Society, and Church of England Zenana Missionary Society. I'll check them out.
Another speaker is in charge of the Archives Department. He and his colleagues also making a great effort to keep archives and to prevent old documents from being sold to used-book stores.
So if you're descendants of Christians and have old tracts or bible in your treasury, please donate them to your ancestors' church rather than selling them to rare-book stores at giveaway prices.
Good night.
Hi, ladies!!!
I am sure you are having a delightful Friday, ain’ t?
It is fascinating to hear that two of you, Cherry and Alice, are gathering interesting and useful information, which is, of course, of great importance, in your research respectively. Collecting pieces of information takes a lot of time and effort and, sometimes, tremendous courage, but, in many cases, it is quite a worthwhile and rewarding experience; though I am aware it is not so all the time. But anyway, once you move (read, or take some other actions), then you will get something, and you move again, you will get another something. I really hope you will keep this treasure hunting so that you will be able to write an intriguing essay.
Let me tell you something about terminology concerning school education in the UK and the USA. In the USA, normally students are classified by the word “grade” from elementary school through high school while in the UK the word “form” is used in secondary education. At the meeting on Sunday, I will give you a handout explaining terminology in school education in different English speaking countries.
Have fun and enjoy yourselves, and so do I. Sweet dreams, my lovely friends…
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