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21 Ewha Womans University 22 Ahyun Church

52 Ewhayeodae-gil, Seodaemun-gu www.ewha.ac.kr 293 Sinchon-ro, Seodaemun-gu ahyun.net

Ahyun Church started as a Siyakso (施藥所: dispensary at
the end of the Joseon Dynasty) by Scranton, a Methodist
missionary form America at Aeogae intersection.
Scranton went down to Mapo outside Seodaemun
(West Gate of Seoul) under God’s guidance, and
opened Siyakso at Aeogae intersection and
provided free treatment and living expenses for
poor patients.
Ewha Womans University Main Building As Scranton’s medical service got great feedback,
the Methodist Mission allowed a medical project
William B. Scranton outside Seoul in November 1887, prepared a
house at Aeogae outside Seodaemun in the fall of
1888, started medical business at the house in the
form of a medical dispensary in December, and
had the first service on December 12, 1888.

Mary F. Scranton
the first church outside of the gate, built in the “spirit of good Samaritan”
Ewha History Museum

“Nurturing better Koreans” (Mary F. Scranton)

Ewha Womans University was founded in 1886 by M. F. Scranton, a missionary of
Methodist Episcopal Church. The following year, Emperor Gojong named the school
“Ewha Hakdang.” The establishment of Ewha Womans University was a splendid
feat to improve the status of women and to face the feudal notions of gender
discrimination head on.
Ewha Hakdang became Ewha College in 1925, but due to the Japanese imperial
repression, it was downgraded to the one-year “Ewha Women’s College Youth
Training Department” in 1943, and renamed Kyungsung Women’s College again in
1945. In October 1945, however, the original name “Ewha” was reinstated. Helen
Ahyun Methodist Church
Kim (Korean name: Kim Hwal-lan) was inaugurated as the first president.