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Yoo Gak-kyung (1892 - September 7, 1966) was a social activist, female activist, and Christian activist during the Japanese occupation. She was one of the female Protestant figures in modern Korea, the daughter of Yoo Seong-jun, the nephew of Yoo Gil-jun, and the cousin sister of Yoo Man-gyeom and Yoo Eok-gyeom. She was a politician of the First Republic. The hometown was Gigye.

After graduating from a girls' school in 1910, she studied in Beijing under the auspices of the Presbyterian Church despite her family's opposition After returning home, she ran a kindergarten. At one time, she was also active in the New Korean Society and the Geunwoo Society, but there are suspicions that she cooperated with the Japanese during the late Japanese colonial period while serving as chairman of the Joseon Women's Christian Moderation Association and the Presbyterian Church of Korea. After liberation, she participated in right-wing political activities and supported Rhee Syng-man, and served as an executive of the Liberal Party.

the beginning of life
Yoo Gak-kyung is the nephew of Yoo Gil-jun, who was the master of the enlightenment faction during the Korean Empire, and becomes a cousin sister to Yoo Man-gyeom and Yoo Eok-gyeom. Born into an early enlightened family in Hanseongbu, she entered Christianity with Yoo Gil-jun's younger brother, Yoo Seong-jun. Yoo Seong-jun was born into a noble family, read the Bible in prison, and became a devout Christian, and is classified as a pro-Japanese group even during the Japanese colonial period by attending the participation hall and the Central Committee.

After graduating from the Jeonshin Women's school in 1910, she studied in Beijing under the auspices of Presbyterianism, despite her family's opposition. At this time, he studied at Hyeophwa Women's School with Yoo Young-joon, who later became a left-wing female activist, and after returning home with a major in early childhood education, she actively established and operated kindergartens.

education, religious activities
In 1914, she returned to Korea and worked as a teacher at her alma mater, and formed the YWCA of the Korean Women's Christian Youth Association (YWCA) with Kim Pil-rye and Kim Hwal-ran. She participated as a female representative in the new society with Kim Hwal-ran, and established the Geunwoo Association (Chairman Kim Hwal-ran) in 1927. She served as vice chairman. It is known that Yoo Gak-kyung was the first person to propose the name Geunwoohoe.

Since then, there have been suspicions that she has cooperated with Japan while serving as the chairman of the YWCA, the chairman of the Joseon Women's Christian Moderation Association, and the chairman of the Yeojeon Association of the Presbyterian Church of Korea. In 2008, the Institute for National Affairs was selected as a prospective list of pro-Japanese life dictionaries compiled to be included in the pro-Japanese noun dictionary. The list also includes his cousins Yoo Man-gyeom, Yoo Eok-gyeom and her father Yoo Seong-jun. In 2009, it was included in the list of 705 pro-Japanese anti-ethnic acts announced by the Pro-Japanese Anti-ethnic Acts Commission.

Yoo Gak-kyung led the Joseon YWCA when it was absorbed and integrated into the Japanese YWCA in 1938, participated as an executive secretary in the pro-Japanese group Patriotic Geumcha Association (1938), she participated in the Women's Corps of the Joseon Imjeonbo National Foundation and was invited to various speech meetings to give pro-Japanese speeches. Born and raised in a prestigious family with a relaxed environment, she is said to have a cheerful personality and has always been considered a master speaker for giving confident speeches.

the last part of life
Immediately after liberation, she participated in the Founding Women's Alliance, a left-right women's organization that included a large number of close associations, but soon withdrew due to disagreements with socialist affiliates and organized the Korean Patriotic Women's Group. After that, when the theory of inter-Korean negotiation and the theory of establishing a conclusion appeared in 1948, Rhee Syng-man supported the theory of establishing a conclusion.

Since then, she has participated in the Liberal Party and served as a central member of the Liberal Party, supporting Rhee Syng-man from the side on behalf of the Presbyterian women's community.

Family

 * a great-grandfather : Yoo Chi-hong
 * Grandfather: Yu Jin-tae, Immigrant to Mexico [3]
 * Grandfather: Yoo Jin-soo
 * Grandmother: Jeonju Lee, daughter of Lee Kyung-jik
 * Uncle: Yoo Hoe-jun
 * Cousin: Yoo Ok-gyeom
 * Uncle: Yoo Gil-joon
 * Cousin : Yoo Eok-gyeom
 * Cousin : Yoo Man-gyeom
 * Father: Yoo Seong-jun

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 * Shinganhoe
 * Geunwoohoe
 * Korean Federation of Women's Christian Associations
 * Korea Imjeonbo National Foundation
 * Yoo Seong-jun
 * Yoo Gil-joon
 * Yoon Chi-ho
 * Rhee Syngman
 * Liberal Party