Hirooka Asako, Uruno Coal Mine’s Transformation, and Finding Businesswomen in Meiji Japan
Mergenthaler 266Garrett Washington, Associate Professor of History, University of Massachusetts Amherst Amidst changes redefining and subjugating womanhood in the Meiji period (1868-1912), industrialist Hirooka Asako (1849-1919) rescued her marital family’s failing […]