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Person1892 – 1944

Kim Maria

Student in Tokyo who took part in the February Eighth Declaration and after 1919 led the Korean Patriotic Women’s Association

A graduate of Jeongsin Girls' School, she was studying at Joshi Gakuin in Tokyo when she joined the February Eighth Declaration in 1919. She smuggled the declaration into Korea to help prepare the March First Movement and was arrested and tortured. Once released, she headed the Korean Patriotic Women's Association, which sent funds to the Provisional Government, and was arrested again. Escaping to Shanghai, she served in the Provisional Assembly, and in America she founded the Geunhwahoe.

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    1919February Eighth Declaration of Independenceparticipant

    Korean students in Tokyo formed the Korean Youth Independence Corps and read a declaration of independence at the Korean YMCA hall, lighting the spark of the March First Movement.

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