▁as ▁the ▁first ▁medical ▁school ▁for ▁women ▁in ▁Japan . ▁She ▁was ▁also ▁known ▁as ▁W ashi y ama ▁Y ay oi . ▁ ▁Biography ▁Y oshi oka ▁was ▁born ▁in ▁what ▁is ▁now ▁part ▁of ▁K ak eg awa ▁city , ▁Sh iz u oka ▁pre fect ure , ▁where ▁her ▁father , ▁a ▁phys ician , ▁advoc ated ▁primary ▁education ▁for ▁the ▁village ▁children . ▁Y ay oi ▁grew ▁up ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 th ▁century ▁when ▁women ' s ▁education ▁was ▁f rown ed ▁upon . ▁She ▁graduated ▁from ▁the ▁Sa ise i - G ak ush a ▁school ▁of ▁medicine , ▁and ▁received ▁the ▁ 2 7 th ▁medical ▁license ▁granted ▁to ▁a ▁woman ▁in ▁Japan . ▁Real izing ▁the ▁difficulty ▁of ▁this ▁career ▁path ▁for ▁women ▁in ▁Japan , ▁she ▁resolved ▁to ▁start ▁her ▁own ▁school ▁of ▁medicine , ▁which ▁she ▁did ▁before ▁she ▁was ▁ 3 0 ▁years ▁old . ▁ ▁The ▁gradu ates ▁of ▁the ▁Tokyo ▁Women ' s ▁Medical ▁School ▁( ren amed ▁the ▁Tokyo ▁Women ' s ▁Medical ▁University ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 8 ) ▁were ▁not ▁allowed ▁to ▁practice ▁medicine ▁until ▁ 1 9 1 2 , ▁when ▁the ▁Japanese ▁government ▁permitted ▁women ▁to ▁en roll ▁in ▁the ▁national ▁medical ▁exam ination . ▁By ▁ 1 9 3 0 , ▁almost ▁a ▁thousand ▁women ▁had ▁gone ▁through ▁Y oshi oka ' s ▁school . ▁ ▁Y ay oi ▁was ▁polit ically ▁active ▁through ▁her ▁life . ▁ ▁With ▁many ▁of ▁her