Sookmyung Women's University

Sookmyung Women's University

Sookmyung Women’s University (Korean: 숙명여자대학교(淑明女子大學校)) is a private university in Yongsan-gu, Seoul, South Korea. Founded in 1906, Sookmyung is Korea’s first royal private educational institution for women. Our country's first national women's private school started with only five women students. Currently 13 thousand plus students are learning to become the higest esteemed women leaders of the 21st century. As its name indicates, Sookmyung is a clear and bright university that has endless potential. Sookmyung was hit by a scandal in 2012 in which its President, Han Young-sil, was involved in a battle with the university's board over misappropriation of funds.

Read more about Sookmyung Women's University:  History, Timeline, Campus, Academic Rank, SNOW 2.0 Internet-based Open Knowledge Platform, The Chung Young Yang Embroidery Museum At Sookmyung Women’s University, See Also

Famous quotes containing the words women and/or university:

    A beautiful woman is born Queen of men and women both, as Mary Stuart was born Queen of Scots, whether men or women.
    Herman Melville (1819–1891)

    In bourgeois society, the French and the industrial revolution transformed the authorization of political space. The political revolution put an end to the formalized hierarchy of the ancien regimé.... Concurrently, the industrial revolution subverted the social hierarchy upon which the old political space was based. It transformed the experience of society from one of vertical hierarchy to one of horizontal class stratification.
    Donald M. Lowe, U.S. historian, educator. History of Bourgeois Perception, ch. 4, University of Chicago Press (1982)