THE FIRST FEMALE CHEMIST (AND PHARMACIST?) IN JAPAN: CHIKA KURODA

This paper follows a line of research started some time ago by the author with the purpose of presenting to society the biographies of women who managed to overcome the prejudices and laws in force of the time in which they lived, which prevented them from carrying out university studies, to differentiate from what happened at the same time with men. The main objective is to show the biography of Chika Kuroda, the first woman to obtain a degree in Chemistry in Japan, in the first decades of the last century and also the second woman to obtain a Ph.D. in Science in 1929 (some sources point out that she was also pharmacist, although this fact is not properly documented). The methodology used has been the search of data on this woman in bibliographical and computer sources, as well as in historic archives. As a main result, a biography of her, as complete as possible, has been constructed. Some brief biographical data on her compatriot Kono Yasui, the first Japanese woman to receive the degree of doctor in Science are also shown本研究延续了作者早前启动的一系列研究工作，旨在向社会公众呈现那些冲破所处时代的偏见与现行法律桎梏、得以开展大学学习的女性传记，以此与同期男性的求学境遇形成鲜明对比。本研究的核心目标是介绍黑田千佳（Chika Kuroda）的生平传记：她是20世纪初期日本首位获得化学学位的女性，亦是1929年第二位获得理学博士学位的女性（部分资料显示她同时为药剂师，但该说法暂无充分文献佐证）。本研究采用的研究方法为：从书目文献、电子资源以及历史档案中检索与该女性相关的资料。本研究的主要成果为：尽可能完整地构建了黑田千佳的生平传记。此外，本研究还简要介绍了其同胞安井好子（Kono Yasui）的生平资料——她是日本首位获得理学博士学位的女性。