Article ID: CBB001422432

Lee Jungsook, a Korean Independence Activist and a Nurse during the Japanese Colonial Period (2015)

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Kim, Y. S. (Author)


Korean Journal of Medical History
Volume: 24, no. 1
Issue: 1
Pages: 1-34


Publication Date: 2015
Edition Details: [Translated title.] In Korean.
Language: Korean

This article examines the life of Lee Jungsook, a Korean nurse, as a independence activist during the Japanese colonial period. Lee Jungsook(1896-1950) was born in Bukchung in Hamnam province. She studied at Chungshin girl's high school and worked at Severance hospital. The characteristics and culture of her educational background and work place were very important factors which influenced greatly the life of Lee Jungsook. She learned independent spirit and nationalism from Chungshin girls' high school and worked as nurse at the Severance hospital which were full of intense aspiration for Korea's independence. Many of doctors, professors and medical students were participated in the 3.1 Independence Movement. Lee Jungsook was a founding member of Hyulsungdan who tried to help the independence activists in prison and their families and worked as a main member of Korean Women's Association for Korean Independece and Kyungsung branch of the Korean Red Cross. She was sent to jail by the Japanese government for her independence activism. After being released after serving two years confinement, she worked for the Union for Women's Liberation as a founding member. Lee Joungsook was a great independence activist who had a nursing care spirit as a nurse.

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Authors & Contributors
Gardiner, Susan
Kyu Won Lee
Krik, Hagit
Siles González, José
Álvarez López, Óscar
Oh Young Kwon
Journals
Korean Journal of Medical History
History of Education
East Asian Science, Technology and Society: An International Journal
Concepts
Hospitals and clinics
Nurses and nursing
Colonialism
Medicine
Education
Political activists and activism
Time Periods
20th century
20th century, early
19th century
Places
Korea
Japan
Palestine
Canada
Han River watershed
Uganda
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