Yukiko Domoto Maki 1924

Miss. Yukiko Domoto attended Wellesley College with the Class of 1924, preparing for college at Miss Fine's School in Princeton, N.J. She spent her earlier years in San Francisco where she experienced prejudice as a Japanese student. After the San Francisco Earthquake, her mother forced her out of school and they moved to Japan. She was passionate about her experiences with bullying and racism, and has stated that when she attended Wellesley College, she finally realized she was not alone in her experiences.

Domoto was the first Japanese Wellesley alumnae to be awarded the Wellesley Alumnae Achievement Award, and received the honor in 1979. Her full Alumnae Achievement Award biography can be found here.  

​Studies at Wellesley: Economics

Other Institutions Attended: Miss Fine's School (Princeton, New Jersey)

After Wellesley...

• Married Mr. Kaoru Maki in 1927, but he was diagnosed with tuberculosis and passed away in 1932 

• Her husband's death put her in the position of VP supplier of textiles at their company

• After his death, she taught English at Tsuda College (during WWII, this was the only institution with government sanction to offer instruction in the language)

• Remarried to Mr. Goichi Takeuchi

• ​Helped organize a group of English-speakign women to meet with wives of Occupation officers, forming today’s Japan American Club

• ​Worked to obtain permission for young people from her country to accept scholarships abroad birth of scholarship-granting College Women’s Association of Japan

• Awarded medal of Fourth Class Order of the Sacred Treasure in field of International Exchange

• Was the first Japanese Alumnae to be recognized with the Wellesley Alumnae Achievement Award

Domoto passed away on October 18, 1989 at the age of 87.