Fukuzawa Yukichi - Therefore, to teach them [women] at least an outline of economics and law i

Therefore, to teach them [women] at least an outline of economics and law is the first requirement after giving them a general education. Figuratively speaking, it will be like providing the women of civilized society with a pocket dagger for self-protection.

- Fukuzawa Yukichi

source: Yukichi Fukuzawa, Eiichi Kiyooka (1988). “Fukuzawa Yukichi on Japanese women: selected works”, Univ of Tokyo Pr

topic: Self, Law, Giving, Self Protection, General Education