Meiji Period

• WomenÅfs Status hardly changes

• Fukuzawa Yukichi (1835-1901)--

  • "Men are human being, so are women;"
  • "women should have same rights as men to own property, divorce, remarry"

• Mori Arinori (1847-89)

  • marriage contracts

• Ueki Emori (1857-1892)

  • equal pol. Rights and abolition of brothels

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