This couldn't be more true when considering China's monumental defeat in the First Sino-Japanese War. Many Chinese civilians saw their country as the new loser in Social Darwinism, and many believed that adopting Western political and educational systems would be the answer to their problems. Society believed that it needed to produce more enlightened women to raise children better suited to society. The new education system primarily included and revolved around women's education and girls' schools. At that time, girls' schools did not teach mathematics and science, but instead focused on Chinese, English, physical education, and home economics, including embroidery, with the aim of making women more capable of raising perfect future citizens. Nevertheless, these educational opportunities, although delivered through what is today considered oppressive reasoning, women were still able to take these opportunities to learn more about the world and new ideas, about how to read and write, and about the possibility of not being entirely dependent on their father or father. husband. To further embody the new modern women, laying the foundation for education and