De Locomotief, 9 June 1955: the Semarang branch of Wanita Demokrat Indonesia forms a new board (names garbled; a Soetanti and Sri Soetanti appear) and will again open a Froebel kindergarten on Jalan Karangtempel. Gerwani is not mentioned; the Soetanti here is not identified as Soetanti Aidit.
Algemeen Indisch Dagblad reportage (1955-09-30, p. 2) from the village of Tjoblong-Sekeloa, Bandung, on the 29 September 1955 election: 1,147 voters at a bamboo polling place. A child-minding and first-aid post near the booths is run by a committee of eleven women: one from Muslimat, two from Wanita Demokrat and eight
Short Algemeen Indisch Dagblad item 'Betere wegen' (1956-01-03, p. 2): at the Wanita Demokrat's instigation, the village of Tjoblong in North Bandung sets up a road-improvement committee led by lurah Ateng Sutisna. Members include PSII, PKI, Wanita Demokrat, Gerwani, Permai, PNI, NU and the local guard; first project i
Surabaya Post p. 2, 15 February 1957: brief reporting that the Surabaya women's organisation federation formed a committee, chaired by Gerwani, to celebrate International Women's Day, with other left and nationalist women's groups as officers. Evidence of Gerwani's leading role in local women's coalitions.
Merdeka, 4 Mar 1957, p. 3: twelve Surabaya women's organisations including Wanita Demokrat and Gerwani declare support for Sukarno's February 1957 Konsepsi, alongside veterans' groups.
Pewarta Soerabaia, 4 Oct 1957, p. 4: Lumajang women's federation revived on 21 Sept 1957 by Wanita Demokrat, Aisyiyah, Gerwani, Bhayangkari and others, with a new board drawn from all except Gerwani.
Pewarta Soerabaia, 7 Oct 1957, p. 2: Surabaya women's federation elects a board (30 Sept 1957) with the governor's wife as patron and Nj. Moh. Tam of Gerwani as first secretary.
Suluh Indonesia, Jakarta, 14 February 1958 (four pages, OCR very noisy). Front page: the Husein ultimatum, cabinet and Sumatra crisis. Page 3 (cont. from p. 1) carries 'Menyambut Konperensi Wanita Asia-Afrika' on the conference due in Colombo 15-24 Feb 1958 (education, health, labour, slavery, nationality), and lists t
Snippet-only Renmin Ribao item (27 Sept 1963, p. 5): a seven-member Indonesian women's delegation, guests of the All-China Women's Federation, arrives in Beijing. It includes Jakarta mayor Soemarno's wife, Gerwani First Deputy Secretary-General Kartinah Kurdi and Kartini Radjasa of the Indonesian Democratic Women's Ass
Xinhua report in Renmin Ribao (27 Sept 1963, p. 5): a seven-member Indonesian women's delegation, guests of the All-China Women's Federation, arrives in Beijing. Members named include Jakarta mayor Soemarno's wife, Gerwani First Deputy Secretary-General Kartinah Kurdi, Kartini Radjasa (Indonesian Democratic Women's Ass
Snippet-only Renmin Ribao front-page item (4 Oct 1963): Dong Biwu receives Asian, African and Latin American women's delegations on the National Day visit. The snippet lists the Indonesian women's delegation (Soemarno's wife, Gerwani's Kartinah Kurdi, Kartini Radjasa and an Islamic women's representative) among others;
Xinhua report in Renmin Ribao (4 Oct 1963, p. 1): on 3 October Head of State Dong Biwu received women's delegations from Asia, Africa and Latin America, with All-China Women's Federation leaders present. The Indonesian group includes Jakarta mayor Soemarno's wife, Gerwani First Deputy Secretary-General Kartinah Kurdi,
Snippet-only Renmin Ribao item (6 Oct 1963, p. 4) on an All-China Women's Federation banquet for Asian, African and Latin American women's delegations. The snippet lists the Indonesian delegation, including Gerwani First Deputy Secretary-General Kartinah Kurdi, and is truncated. Full text is GA-01914.
Xinhua report in Renmin Ribao (6 Oct 1963, p. 4): the All-China Women's Federation hosts a banquet on 5 October for women's delegations from Asia, Africa and Latin America, including the Indonesian group with Gerwani's Kartinah Kurdi. Vice-chair Shi Liang frames support for anti-imperialist women's struggles as an inte
Snippet-only Renmin Ribao item (9 Oct 1963, p. 3): the seven-member Indonesian women's delegation (Soemarno's wife, Gerwani First Deputy Secretary-General Kartinah Kurdi, Kartini Radjasa and others) leaves Beijing with a Ghanaian delegation to tour other places. Truncated; full text is GA-01916.
Xinhua note in Renmin Ribao (9 Oct 1963, p. 3): the seven-member Indonesian women's delegation and a three-member Ghanaian delegation left Beijing on 7 October to tour elsewhere. Names Soemarno's wife, Gerwani's Kartinah Kurdi, Kartini Radjasa, an Islamic teachers' women's leader and Rabiah Djamil of the Perti women's