Noriko Kawamura Ishii is Professor in the Department of English Studies at Sophia University.

• 1. Introduction  2. American Women at Home: The Woman's Board of Missions of the Interior and American Women Missionaries to Japan  3. Missionary Work Launched: Kobe Home, 1873-1877, the Founding Years  4. A Transition to Education as a Profession: Kobe Home to Kobe Girls' School, 1877-1882  5. Missionary Aspirations for Higher Education: Kobe Girls' School to Kobe College, 1883-1909.  Epilogue: The Dissolution of Women's Authority: Kobe College, 1910-1927.  Appendix.

Noriko Kawamura Ishii is Professor in the Department of English Studies at Sophia University.

• 1. Introduction  2. American Women at Home: The Woman's Board of Missions of the Interior and American Women Missionaries to Japan  3. Missionary Work Launched: Kobe Home, 1873-1877, the Founding Years  4. A Transition to Education as a Profession: Kobe Home to Kobe Girls' School, 1877-1882  5. Missionary Aspirations for Higher Education: Kobe Girls' School to Kobe College, 1883-1909.  Epilogue: The Dissolution of Women's Authority: Kobe College, 1910-1927.  Appendix.

Noriko Kawamura Ishii is Professor in the Department of English Studies at Sophia University.

• 1. Introduction  2. American Women at Home: The Woman's Board of Missions of the Interior and American Women Missionaries to Japan  3. Missionary Work Launched: Kobe Home, 1873-1877, the Founding Years  4. A Transition to Education as a Profession: Kobe Home to Kobe Girls' School, 1877-1882  5. Missionary Aspirations for Higher Education: Kobe Girls' School to Kobe College, 1883-1909.  Epilogue: The Dissolution of Women's Authority: Kobe College, 1910-1927.  Appendix.