Tsuda College
Tsuda College
Tsuda College (津田塾大学 Tsudajuku daigaku) is a private women's college in Kodaira, Tokyo. The college was founded in 1900 by Tsuda Umeko as Joshi Eigaku Juku.The name was later changed to Tsuda Eigaku Juku (1933) and then Tsuda Juku Senmon Gakko and finally Tsuda Juku Daigaku (Tsuda College) in 1948. It remains one of the most prestigious women's institutes of higher education in Japan. It is the oldest private women's college and has contributed to higher education for Japanese women in modern Japan.
Notable alumnae
- Michiko Inukai, author
- Mitsuyo Kusano, newscaster
- Yoriko Madoka, politician
- Yoko Matsuoka McClain, Japanese language and literature professor
- Emiko Ohnuki-Tierney, anthropologist
- Natsuko Toda, translator
- Akiko Yamanaka, politician
- Noriko Yui, mathematician
- Kumiko Haba, Political Scientist, International Relations
Faculty
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Coordinates: 35°43′19″N 139°27′57″E / 35.72194°N 139.46583°E
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