Yoshi Kasuya

Yoshi Kasuya (1894–1994)[1] was a Japanese educator who spent the majority of her career at Tsuda College in Kodaira, Tokyo, initially as a teacher and later as president.

[2] Kasuya went back to the United States in 1929, this time to complete a master's degree at Columbia University Teachers College, which she received in 1930.

[3] As part of her doctoral studies, she spent two months in Germany, enrolling at the University of Berlin and visiting 40 educational institutions in 20 German cities.

[2] Kasuya returned to Wellesley College in 1950 to study university education and language teaching in girls' high schools; this would be her last trip to the United States.

She was awarded a Blue Ribbon Medal by the Japanese government in 1960 and received the Third Class of the Order of the Precious Crown in 1968 for her contributions to women's education.