Kono Yasui Japan's First Woman Doctor of Science
Period One: Profile
 What was Kono Yasui like as a child?
How did she decide to become a scientist?
Period Two: Research Activity
 What sort of research did she do?
What was the subject of Kono Yasui's best known work?
Period Three: Kono Yasui's Contribution
 How did Dr. Yasui's work make a difference?
Period Four: Virtual Science Lab
 Try it yourself!
Library: For Further Reading
All photos of Kono Yasui courtesy of the Institute for
Gender Studies, Ochanomizu University