英文摘要
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The article aims to enquire into the understanding of the founding history, microhistorical facts and events of the School of Home Economics for Girls in Chiayiduring the Japanese colonial periodand of its activities in particular at the late stage of that time. It does so by oral history interviewing four Taiwanese or Japanese alumnae who had attended the school during the time. In addition we analyze the materials form newspapers, magazines and books of that time like Taiwan NichinichiShimpo or Taiwan Patriotic Women Shimpo etc. Drawing on this the article arrives at the following conclusions. First, we clarify the founding and name-giving history of the school. Second, we give a chronological account of locations of the school. Third, we investigate the curriculum planning in general and the interaction between teachers and students of the school. Fourth, we describe the microhistorical events in the school during the late Japaneseperiod, such as the founding of Patriotic Girls Group which was commissioned to console the bereaved and, theory with practice combined, to help with home repairs and environmental remediation in the village. Finally, we explicate and represent the school's experiences, in particular in its environmental awareness of energy saving and recycling from which the profits were spent on defence or for the fire drills for American bombing.
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