September Monkey

Centuries-old traditions and customs crumbled during the lifetime of this extraordinary woman who tells here the vivid story of her life in the old and the new Korea."e;To an illiterate Buddhist mother and a scholarly Christian father one day came a great disappointment-the birth of a daughter. 'If only this baby were a boy what a great career he would have,' mourned the father, noting the auspicious date on which 'September Monkey' arrived. But the mother-shortly to become a widow and a despised Christian as well-went about preparing her 'girl-boy' baby for the unheard-of experience of education, somehow realizing that if a new day for women in Korea were to come she would have to make it."e;