Talk:Fiona Graham

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I wonder whether the claim that Ms Graham was the first white woman admitted to Keio University is accurate. I was admitted as a postgrad to Keio's Graduate School of Law in 1985 and graduated in 1989. There were many white female senpai (of all nationalities) ahead of me in various courses (both grad and undergrad) and very many Asian female senpai. They would be well into their 50s and 60s now whereas I'm assuming that Ms Graham, who has just become a maiko (or has she graduated to geisha?), is somewhat younger. If I remember correctly, the late Prof Joyce Ackroyd (who would now have been well into her 80s) told me that she studied at Keio after the war (in the late 1950s or early 1960s I think). Perhaps Ms Graham was the first white female to be assigned to her academic supervisor, or the first white female undergrad in her particular course? Anyway, why is it noteworthy to be the first white person to do anything? In 2008 it seems a bit jarring to read this kind of achievement. I suggest that reference to being 'the first white woman admitted' to Keio University be clarified or deleted. With respect, Mavis Bramston Australia 8 Jan 08 MavisBramston (talk) 23:30, 7 January 2008 (UTC)