Kwassui Women’s university

Kwassui History

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Kwassui 1879-2004
Kwassui Gakuin 125th Anniversary

Gakko Hojin Kwassui Gakuin
May 2005

Kwassui Gakuin was founded by American missionary Ms. Elizabeth Russell in 1879. This plaque, which
can be found at the back of the Main Chapel on the Higashi Yamate campus, was gifted by the Alumnae
Association on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of Kwassui’s founding, and reads:
IN LOVING MEMORY OF ELIZABETH RUSSELL
WHOSE FAR-REACHING FAITH, UNFAILING LOVE, AND UNDISCOURAGEABLE BELIEF IN THE ABILITY AND
FUTURE OF JAPANESE WOMANHOOD MADE POSSIBLE THE SCHOOL