Tsuda Umeko

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Tsuda Umeko
津田 梅子
Tsuda Umeko
Born	Tsuda Ume (つだ・うめ) (1864-12-31)December 31, 1864 Ushigome, Edo, Genji Japan
Died	August 16, 1929(1929-08-16) (aged 64) Kamakura, Kanagawa, Japan
Nationality	Japanese
Other names	Ume Tsuda
Occupation	Educator
Known for	A pioneer in education for women in Meiji period Japan
Children	none
Parent(s)	Tsuda Sen (father) Tsuda Hatsuko [ja] (mother)
Academic background
Alma mater	Collegiate School Archer Institute Bryn Mawr College St Hilda's College, Oxford
Academic work
Era	Meiji period
Institutions	Peeresses' School Tokyo Women's Normal School Joshi Eigaku Juku (founder)

Tsuda Umeko (津田 梅子, born Tsuda Ume (津田 梅); December 31, 1864 – August 16, 1929) was a Japanese educator who founded Tsuda University. She was the daughter of Tsuda Sen, an agricultural scientist, and at the age of 7, she became Japan's first female exchange student, traveling to the U.S. on the same ship as the Iwakura Mission.

Originally named Tsuda Ume, with ume referring to the Japanese plum, she went by the name Ume Tsuda while studying in the United States before changing her name to Umeko in 1902.