Takahashi Mizuko
Takahashi Mizuko ( Japanese 高橋 瑞 子 ; * 1852 in Hazu County , Mikawa Province (today: Aichi Prefecture ); † 1927 ) was one of the first Western female doctors in Japan .
Life
Takahashi Mizuko was born as the third daughter of the feudal lord Takada Kitarō ( 高橋 驥 太郎 ) in Mikawa Province, but lost her parents early so that she grew up with her older brother and his wife.
She later went to Tokyo where she became assistant to midwife Tsukui Tōko ( 津 久 井 磯 子 ) in 1880 and then acquired a midwifery license at the private medical school Saiseigakusha . She then worked at a hospital in Osaka and Maebashi . Although women at that time did not receive admission to medical studies at state universities, after vehement commitment she finally got a place at university, so that in 1887, after Ogino Ginko and Ikusawa Kuno, she was the third woman in Japan to successfully pass her state examination as a doctor could complete. At 37, she opened a practice in Nihonbashi .
In 1890 Takahashi traveled by mail ship to Germany to further his medical education and to study western medicine, especially obstetrics and gynecology . She learned the German language on board the ship. Women were not admitted to medical school in Prussia until 1903, but Takahashi was able to study in Berlin as a guest student in the summer semester of 1890 and in the winter semester of 1890/1891 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e 日本 の 女性 史 に か が や く 群 馬 ゆ か り の 先 駆 者 た ち . Gunma Prefectural Library, accessed February 20, 2014 (Japanese).
- ↑ a b c Takahashi, Mizuko, 高橋 ミ ズ コ (1852–1927), German-Japanese culture of remembrance
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Takahashi, Mizuko |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | 高橋 瑞 子 (Japanese) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Japanese medic |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1852 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hazu County , Mikawa Province (now Aichi Prefecture ) |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1927 |