Chiseko Ushioda

Background

Ushioda Chiseko was born on 1844 in Japan. She was the second daughter of Ryumin Maruyama a physician serving the India Clan (Nagano Prefecture).

Education

After the death of her husband in 1883, Chiseko Ushioda enrolled at Seikei Girls’ High School, Yokohama.

Career

After graduation Chiseko Ushioda became a Christian missionary and took up nursing as a profession in 1884. Later, she founded the Women’s Aid Society and was active as a member of Women’s Christian Temperance Society. Also helped in the rehabilitation of women of ill-fame. She was foremost in organizing relief for the victims of the Ashio Copper Poisoning Case in 1897. Late in life Chiseko Ushioda founded Tokyo Women’s Charity Association.

Membership

• Women’s Christian Temperance Society

Connections

In 1865 Chiseko Ushioda married Kenjiro Ushioda to whom she born three sons and a daughter.

Father:

Ryumin Maruyama

Spouse:

Kenjiro Ushioda