Asaga, Fusa
Asaga, Fusa
- Yomei NakataniYomei NakataniJ.F. Oberlin University
Summary
Fusa Asaga (1894–1986) was a hospital social work pioneer in Japan. After finishing an MSW program in the United States, she returned to Japan and worked as a social worker in a hospital in Tokyo city. After World War II, she served as an officer of the Japanese government to develop a new child welfare system. She then took a teaching job as a social work professor. She also had been engaged in a variety of social action such as Japanese women’s suffrage and opposition to nuclear testing throughout her life.
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