It is said that it helped Umeko to develop an interest in education for Japanese women, and when she extended her stay in the United States for another one year, in order to establish a scholarship which would give Japanese women opportunities to study abroad, she gave numerous public speeches about Japanese women's education and raised funds in her last year in the United States.
これは梅子が日本の女性教育に関心を持つきっかけになったとも言われており、留学を一年延長すると、梅子は日本女性留学のための奨学金設立を発起し、公演や募金活動などを行う。