Teruko Sono

Teruko Sono
Sono in 1890
Born(1846-01-01)1 January 1846
Edo, Japan
Died1 January 1925(1925-01-01) (aged 79)
Japan
OccupationLawyer
Notable workTel Sono; A Japanese Reformer (1890)
Spouse
unknown
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(m. 1865)​

Teruko Sono (園　輝子, Sono Teruko, 1846–1925), also known as Tel Sono & Sono O Teru was an early Japanese educational reformer, lawyer, author, businesswoman, scholar and Woman's Christian Temperance Union member.[1][2][3][4]

  1. ^ The History of British Women's Writing, 1880-1920: Volume Seven, Holly A. Laird, p. 197, 2016
  2. ^ "明治維新の頃、稀代の女傑と呼ばれた女代言人がいた".
  3. ^ The Great unknown: Japanese American sketches, Greg Robinson, 2016, 'Tel Sono', University Press of Colorado
  4. ^ Transactions And Proceedings Of The Japan Society London Volume II, Kegan Paul Trench, 1895, p. 188