190:. She devoted herself to the development of Jeju, but she couldn't accomplish her dream of becoming a nun. However, she lived like a nun as a spinster, and she gave her life to the work of God. She died at the age of 76 on 22 February 1977. After her death, she received a presidential citation in 1993, and she was selected as an independence movement fighter from Jeju in March 2006.
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came, and she decided to make comrades be aware of their illiteracy. So she spread out movement of
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classrooms and 66 secondary classrooms. She focused on women's education and touched off a boom of library construction. In the end, she was honored with 516 national award and she made a
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died in 1919, she went to
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health. Finally, she decided to learn medicine for philanthropic work. So she entered
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