Haruko Hatoyama
Haruko Hatoyama | |
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鳩山春子 はとやま はるこ | |
| Born | May 2, 1861 |
| Died | July 12, 1938 (aged 77) |
| Occupation | Educator |
| Known for | Founding Kyoritsu Women's College |
| Spouse | Kazuo Hatoyama |
| Children | Ichirō Hatoyama Hideo Hatoyama |
| Relatives | Iichirō Hatoyama (grandson) Yukio Hatoyama (great-grandson) Kunio Hatoyama (great-grandson) |
Haruko Hatoyama (鳩山 春子, Hatoyama Haruko, March 23, 1861 – July 12, 1938) was a Japanese educator of the Meiji, Taishō and Shōwa periods, and the matriarchal head of the prominent Japanese Hatoyama political family which has been called "Japan's Kennedy family." She was a co-founder of what is today Kyoritsu Women's University. Her husband was politician Kazuo Hatoyama.