Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Tilling the Ground: American Protestant Foreign Missionary Women in Early Meiji Japan, 1869-1890; 2 Sprouting a Feminist Consciousness: Japanese Women's WCTU Activism in Tokyo, 1886-1894; 3 Managing WCTU Activism: The Japanese Way in Late Meiji Japan, 1890-1913; 4 Beyond Japan to California: Issei Christian Activismin Northern California, 1870s-1920; Epilogue; Appendix: List of Organizations; Notes; Index; About the Author
Summary
Following landmark trade agreements between Japan and the United States in the 1850s, Tokyo began importing a unique American commodity: Western social activism. As Japan sought to secure its future as a commercial power and American women pursued avenues of political expression, Protestant church-women and, later, members of the Women's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU) traveled to the Asian coast to promote Christian teachings and women's social activism. Rumi Yasutake reveals in Transnational Women's Activism that the resulting American, Japanese, and first generation Japanese-American wome
