Long profile of Sukarno by C.H. Schaap in De Tijd (6 Feb 1958) tracing his career and manoeuvres. It notes that in Oct 1954 his marriage to Hartini caused general indignation among Indonesian women, who remembered his book "Sarinah", and that Fatmawati left him. Gerwani is not named.
Nieuwe Haarlemsche Courant, 6 February 1958, p. 5: long profile of Sukarno by former correspondent C.H. Schaap, calling him an 'arch-intriguer' bent on absolute power, tracing his career to the 1957 cabinet. It mentions that his October 1954 second marriage to Hartini caused general indignation among Indonesian women,
Suluh Indonesia, Jakarta, 12 February 1958 (four pages, OCR very noisy). Front page covers the Husein ultimatum and the dismissal of Sumatran army dissidents (Husein, Simbolon, Dahlan Djambek, Lubis) and Nasution's soldier's-oath statement. A short garbled item on p. 1 lists Indonesian women, including S.K. Trimurti, l
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
Suluh Indonesia, Jakarta, 8 March 1958 (four pages, OCR very noisy; mostly general news and adverts). Page 3 carries 'Konperensi Wanita A-A: hanya delegasi Indonesia tegas dan berani bicara politik', on the Asian-African Women's Conference in Colombo. It names the eight-woman Indonesian delegation: Maria Ulfah Santoso
Bintang Timur, 29 March 1958, p. 1. Among PRRI/Sumatra war news, SEATO and Khrushchev becoming Soviet premier, the page lists the members of a Dewan Nasional drafting committee (panitya perumus) on national vigilance against foreign intervention, with S.K. Trimurti named for the 'Wanita' functional group. No Gerwani co
Bintang Timur, 31 March 1958, p. 1 (during the PRRI rebellion). Reports a statement by the Gerwani Sumatera Tengah leadership: women and people of Central Sumatra cannot be fooled again by the 'traitors' (PRRI, proclaimed 14 February 1958), stand firmly behind the central government, the army chief and President Sukarn
Bintang Timur, 18 April 1958, p. 1 (Lebaran issue; APRI landings in Sulawesi). Lists the drafting committee (panitia perumus) formed by the fourth Dewan Nasional session, chaired by Ds. W.Y. Rumambi, with S.K. Trimurti as representative of the women's group alongside Sukarni, B.M. Diah and others. Also regulations on f
Bintang Timur, 6 May 1958, p. 1 (after APRI's recapture of West Sumatran towns). Reports the Gerwani DPP's protest to the US and Taiwan governments over their intervention supporting Permesta/PRRI, demanding they stop interference, respect Indonesia's sovereignty and Asia-Africa, and appealing to American women to pres
Asahi Shimbun (Tokyo evening edition, 30 May 1958, p. 2): article on Indonesia's mothers' school, apparently founded by a woman whose name is illegible. The OCR is almost entirely scrambled, so this summary rests on the title and a few legible words; no named Gerwani member or Gerwani mention is visible.
Page 564 of the US State Department's Monthly Indonesian Press Survey (nos. 33-44, 1958), summarising the 25 Sept 1958 Nusantara. Suwardiningsih, PKI East Java committee and Constituent Assembly member, entered Kalisosok prison, Surabaya, on 22 Sept to serve a month (cut from six) for remarks about Hatta in 1953; thous
Canberra Times 'What People Are Doing' social column, 30 Sep 1958, p. 5. One relevant notice: Mrs H. G. Wattimena, wife of the Indonesian Embassy's first secretary, will talk to the Reid Red Cross branch on Indonesian women and the Indonesian Red Cross. Otherwise unrelated local news.
Tribune magazine page, 1 Oct 1958, p. 6: Mary Lester (Union of Australian Women, Perth) reports on the Fourth World Congress of Women (WIDF, Vienna, June 1958; 76 countries). Themes: atomic-test ban, status of women, children's education. Indonesia appears only in passing: two women MPs from Indonesia, with Indian and
Tribune magazine page, 1 Oct 1958, p. 6: Mary Lester (Union of Australian Women, Perth) reports on the Fourth World Congress of Women (WIDF, Vienna, June 1958; 76 countries). Themes: atomic-test ban, status of women, children's education. Indonesia appears only in passing: two women MPs from Indonesia, with Indian and
FBIS-monitored Xinhua item (28 Oct 1958; header misdates 1953): Indonesian political figures returning from China praised China's construction, communes and the Great Leap Forward. Includes Mme Kartowijono, Perwari secretary-general, praising communes' labour enthusiasm, food, clothing and education; Anwar Tjokroaminot
Inaugural issue of Api Kartini (June 1959), published by Jajasan Melati with Maasje Siwi as editor in chief. Built around Hari Kartini: Kartini's writings and socialist reading, profiles, and contributions from S.K. Trimurti, Rukiah Kertapati and Sulami.
Second issue of Api Kartini (Jajasan Melati, 1959). Covers the Vienna World Youth Festival delegation, West Irian, World Children's Day, Pramoedya's call to publish Kartini's works, an interview with athlete Karnah, and health and household columns.
Fourth issue of Api Kartini (1959). Editorial praises Sukarno's Political Manifesto; features a report on peasant women's economic conditions (land tenure, usury, wage discrimination), ethnography, recipes and household advice; contributors include S.K. Trimurti and Sudjinah.
Api Kartini (1959) short article marking 50 years of International Women's Day (1910-1960), reproducing the appeal of the preparatory committee after the Malmo meeting of 13-14 June 1959 (women of 28 countries). Links women's rights to peace and national self-determination and invites support for the 1960 jubilee. No I
Api Kartini (1959) article for 7 November (Russian Revolution anniversary) on the women of the Soviet Union. Reports a gathering in Jakarta where Soviet Supreme Soviet member Zaripova, visiting Indonesia, described women's advancement since 1917 (366 women of 1,378 deputies; 85% of health workers women) and the Soviet
Api Kartini (1959/60) feature asking Indonesian women leaders their views on the Copenhagen International Women's Conference (21-24 April 1960) for the 50th anniversary of International Women's Day. Quotes Ny. Aruji Kartawinata (committee chair), Ratu Aminah Hidayat and Dr. Hurustiati Subandrio, who led the Indonesian
Fragmentary Api Kartini (1959) item titled 'Historic Struggle of Women'; only a few OCR lines survive, a snippet about mothers' responsibility to protect their offspring and Indonesian women taking an active part in the peace movement. Summary based on the title and this fragment.
Api Kartini (1959-60) biographical article on Clara Zetkin (b. 1857), pioneer of the international women's movement, drawing on Luise Dornemann's biography. Traces her youth in Saxony, socialist formation in Leipzig, exile with Ossip Zetkin, editorship of Gleichheit in Stuttgart, and her 1910 Copenhagen proposal for an
Fragmentary Api Kartini (1959) item 'Moments ... for Complete Independence'; only OCR caption lines survive, referring to the historic Indonesian Women's Congress and women workers marching on 1 May (International Labour Day). Summary based on title and these fragments.
Api Kartini (1959) article marking Bulgaria's National Day (9 September 1959), comparing Bulgaria's liberation from Ottoman and Nazi domination with Indonesia's. Praises socialist Bulgaria's gains for women: 41 women in parliament, 6,300 nurseries and kindergartens, 120 days paid maternity leave, public canteens. Typic
Api Kartini interview-report with Dr. Hurustiati Subandrio, head of the Indonesian women's delegation to the Copenhagen International Women's Conference (April 1960, 73 countries). She chaired the first plenary on 21 April (Kartini Day), sat on the Presidium and chaired the Education and Culture Commission; other deleg
Api Kartini travel report by Rusiyati, an Antara journalist, on her month-long visit to Australia (1960) at the invitation of the Australian International Women's Day committee. Describes staying with working-class, clergy, artist and industrialist families, meetings of 25-250 women, equal-pay campaigns, and Australian
Api Kartini (December 1959) article on nuclear weapons and mothers' duty to defend peace, describing Hiroshima's after-effects and the A/H-bomb test race. Reports Ratu Aminah Hidayat's invitation to the 11 December women's disarmament conference at Kungalv, Sweden, and the Indonesian Mothers' Committee against A-H Bomb
Api Kartini item announcing the International Women's Assembly in Copenhagen, 21-24 April 1960, marking fifty years since International Women's Day was proclaimed there in 1910. Reviews gains and unfinished goals in women's equality, and sets the conference theme of women yesterday, today and tomorrow as a forum to exc
Api Kartini item on preparations for the Fiftieth Anniversary of International Women's Day (March 1960) in Indonesia. Carries a message from Ny. Aruji Kartawinata, chair of the Indonesian committee, to the international preparatory committee, linking Kartini's ideals to the 1910 Copenhagen resolutions and listing plann