Yu Gwan-sun

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Yu Gwan-Sun (1904-October 12, 1920) was a student and prominent organizer in what would come to be known as the March First Movement against Japanese colonial rule in Korea. In 1919, Yu Gwan-Sun was a student at Ehwa Women's School in Seoul, where she witnessed the beginnings of the March First demonstrations. When Iwha went into recess, after an order by the Japanese government to close all Korean schools, Yu Gwan-Sun returned to her home village of Jee-Ryung. Here she, along with her family, began to actively agitate against the Japanese occupation. when a large demonstration at which she spoke was dispersed by police, Yu was arrested. After a brief detention at Chun-An Japanese Military Police Station, she was tried and sentenced to seven years imprisonment at Seodaemun Prison. Yu Gwan-Sun died in prison on October 12, 1920, reportedly as the result of torture.