"A Journal from Japan: A Daily Record of Life as Seen by a Scientist" by Marie Carmichael Stopes is a firsthand account of a female scientist's journey to Japan in the early 1900s, blending personal experiences with scientific exploration. The journal begins with the author's reasons for documenting her adventure, emphasizing the importance of preserving initial reactions. Set against the backdrop of a rapidly changing Japan, she plans on collecting fossils of Coal. The narrative unfolds with rich details of Tokyo, highlighting the blend of familiar (Venice-like waterways) and foreign (unique customs) that shaped her perspective. By mixing self-reflection with observations on local life and landscapes, the journal invites readers to see Japan through the eyes of a scientist navigating a new world.
A Journal from Japan: A Daily Record of Life as Seen by a Scientist
By Marie Carmichael Stopes
Venture into early 20th-century Japan through the eyes of a determined female scientist who balances cultural immersion with the pursuit of scientific discovery.
Summary
About the AuthorMarie Charlotte Carmichael Stopes was a British author, palaeobotanist and campaigner for eugenics and women's rights. She made significant contributions to plant paleontology and coal classification, and was the first female academic on the faculty of the University of Manchester. With her second husband, Humphrey Verdon Roe, Stopes founded the first birth control clinic in Britain. Stopes edited the newsletter Birth Control News, which gave explicit practical advice. Her sex manual Married Love (1918) was controversial and influential, and brought the subject of birth control into wide public discourse. Stopes publicly opposed abortion, arguing that the prevention of conception was all that was needed, though her actions in private were at odds with her public pronouncements.
Marie Charlotte Carmichael Stopes was a British author, palaeobotanist and campaigner for eugenics and women's rights. She made significant contributions to plant paleontology and coal classification, and was the first female academic on the faculty of the University of Manchester. With her second husband, Humphrey Verdon Roe, Stopes founded the first birth control clinic in Britain. Stopes edited the newsletter Birth Control News, which gave explicit practical advice. Her sex manual Married Love (1918) was controversial and influential, and brought the subject of birth control into wide public discourse. Stopes publicly opposed abortion, arguing that the prevention of conception was all that was needed, though her actions in private were at odds with her public pronouncements.
More Like This
Explore books similar to the one you're viewing
An English girl in Japan
By Ella M. Hart Bennett
The Japan expedition. Japan and around the world An account of three visits to the Japanese empire, with sketches of Madeira, St. Helena, cape of Good Hope, Mauritius, Ceylon, Singapore, China, and Loo-Choo
By J. W. (J. Willett) Spalding
Rare days in Japan
By George Trumbull Ladd
Dragons and Cherry Blossoms
By Alice A. Parmelee Morris
Jinrikisha days in Japan
By Eliza Ruhamah Scidmore
The Critic in the Orient
By George Hamlin Fitch
More by This Author
Discover other books written by the same author
Conquest; Or, A Piece of Jade; a New Play in Three Acts
By Marie Carmichael Stopes
A Journal from Japan: A Daily Record of Life as Seen by a Scientist
By Marie Carmichael Stopes
The Study of Plant Life
By Marie Carmichael Stopes
Radiant Motherhood: A Book for Those Who are Creating the Future
By Marie Carmichael Stopes
Married Love: A New Contribution to the Solution of Sex Difficulties
By Marie Carmichael Stopes
Ancient Plants Being a Simple Account of the past Vegetation of the Earth and of the Recent Important Discoveries Made in This Realm of Nature
By Marie Carmichael Stopes
Related by Category
Discover books in the same genre or category
The Sixth Sense: A Novel
By Stephen McKenna
The Crayon Papers
By Washington Irving
The Spirit of 1906
By George W. Brooks
The lonely house
By Marie Belloc Lowndes
Harper's Young People, March 2, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly
By Various
Angel Unawares: A Story of Christmas Eve
By C. N. (Charles Norris) Williamson