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[[File:Sato-shizu.jpg|right|thumb|320px|Monument to Satô Shizu at the [[Juntendo|Juntendô]] in [[Sakura (city)|Sakura]], [[Chiba prefecture|Chiba]]]]
*''Born: [[1851]]''
*''Died: 1919''
*''Japanese'' [[佐藤]]志津 ''(Satou Shizu)''
Satô Shizu was a member of the [[Sato family (Juntendo)|Satô family]] of ''[[Rangaku]]'' & medical scholars, and was herself a pioneer of women's education in Japan.
Born in the town of Aso (today, Namekata, [[Ibaraki prefecture]]), Shizu moved to [[Sakura (city)|Sakura]] (in [[Shimousa province]], today, [[Chiba prefecture]]) around [[1859]]. In [[1867]], she married [[Sato Susumu|Satô Susumu]].
In [[1902]], Shizu became a chief teacher, and later the principal, at a Girls' Art School founded in [[1900]] by [[Yokoi Tamako]]. She was awarded the Grand Cordon of the Order (''kun rokutô hôkan shô'') in 1915 for her contributions to women's education, alongside [[Tsuda Umeko]] and others.
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==References==
*Pamphlets available at the [[Juntendo|Juntendô]] Memorial Buildings Museum in Sakura, Chiba.
[[Category:Women]]
[[Category:Meiji Period]]
[[Category:Scholars and Philosophers]]