Female Activist from Masan, Lee Ihyojae, Ewha Womans University Honorary Professor, Passes Away
Changwon Gyeongsang National University Hospital Funeral Hall Prepared for Mourning Room
Professor Emeritus Lee Ihyojae of Ewha Womans University, who passed away on the 4th due to old age. (Photo by Gyeongnam Women's Association)
View original image[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Hwang Choi Hyun-joo] Professor Emeritus Lee Yi-hyo-jae, a first-generation female activist from Masan, Gyeongnam, passed away on the 4th at the age of 97. Her funeral is being held at VIP Room 1 of Changwon Gyeongsang National University Hospital Funeral Hall.
Professor Lee was born in 1924 in Masan, Gyeongnam. She completed English literature at Ewha Womans University and majored in sociology at the University of Alabama in the United States. After returning to Korea in 1958, she founded the Department of Sociology at Ewha Womans University and served as a professor. During the Gwangju Democratization Movement in 1980, she led the democratization movement by issuing a declaration opposing the military regime.
She led movements such as the declaration for joint use of parental surnames, abolition of the family registry system (hojuje), equal pay for equal work, introduction of proportional representation, 50% female quota, and abolition of discriminatory seniority pay. She also organized the Korean Council for the Women Drafted for Military Sexual Slavery by Japan. In 1991, as a co-representative, she played a leading role in making the issue of Japanese military sexual slavery an international concern.
After returning to her hometown in 1997, Professor Lee devoted herself to family research and, together with women, created the "Miracle Library," leading cultural movements in the region and leaving various achievements.
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Her surviving family members include her daughter Lee Hee-kyung and her younger sister Lee Eun-hwa, a former professor at Ewha Womans University.
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