Matsu Okonogi (1909)

Miss Matsu Okonogi attended Wellesley College as a special student from 1907-09 after receiving a government grant for study abroad. She later went to Cambridge University in England for further study of English.

Studies at Wellesley: English, English Literature

Other Institutions Attended: Jokoshi (High Normal School for Women), Tsuda College (Class of 1907), Cambridge University

After Wellesley...

• Taught English at Jokoshi and Tsuda College
• Successor of Umeko Tsuda as president of Tsuda College
• Married Mr. Takahira Tsuji, a professor at the Gaikokugo Gakko (University of Foreign Languages)

Miss Okonogi was actively engaged in women's education and the YWCA (the Young Women's Christian Association) in Tokyo throughout her life. She traveled to the USA, England, and France in various capacities and served as the Director of the Board of the National YWCA. Miss Okonogi also served as the Vice President of the Tokyo Wellesley Club (1916).

Miss Okonogi passed away on November 18, 1965.