Widening Actions for Women's, Children's and Peace Demands (Umi Sardjono, 1956)
Brochure of Umi Sardjono's general report to the Third DPP Plenum of Gerwani, 16–19 June 1956. Reviews election work, marriage-law cases, peasant women's wage struggles, kindergartens, peace and WIDF work, membership and cadre education, in the setting of Bandung and the 1955 elections.
Biographical Sheets: Mrs Umi Sardjono and Others, 1956/57
Seven-page Ministry of Information file of short official biographies; only the first concerns Gerwani: parliamentary member no. 86 Umi Sardjono (b. Salatiga 1923, PKI list for East Java), with her career from Semarang telephone office to Kediri and Gerwani.
Constituent Assembly Member Profile: Mrs Amir Sjarifuddin (Djaenah), Scanned Form
Scan of the original Konstituante membership form (c. 1956) for Ny. Amir Sjarifuddin (Djaenah), PKI member of the Constituent Assembly. The OCR is nearly all noise; the form's headings (birth, education, career) are visible but no entries can be read. Her biography is legible in the companion transcription GA-00125.
Constituent Assembly Member Profile: Mrs Amir Sjarifuddin (Djaenah)
Konstituante.Net member profile (transcribed) of Ny. Amir Sjarifuddin (Jaenah), PKI member no. 60 of the Constituent Assembly. Born 11 December 1911 in Pontianak, with MULO education; teacher at HIS and Perguruan Rakyat 1930-35, active in Indonesia Muda and Perkumpulan Isteri Indonesia. From 1950 she sat on the leaders
Constituent Assembly Member Profile: Mrs Maimunah, Scanned Form
Scan of the original Konstituante membership form (c. 1956) for Nj. Maimunah, PKI member of the Constituent Assembly. The OCR is almost entirely noise, with only form headings legible (education, career dates); no entries can be read. Her biography is legible in the companion transcription GA-00127.
Constituent Assembly Member Profile: Mrs Maimunah
Konstituante.Net member profile (transcribed) of Nj. Maimunah, PKI member no. 392 of the Constituent Assembly. Born 11 May 1908 in Padang, living in Bukittinggi; P.A.M.S. Jakarta graduate. Career: teacher at HIS and girls' schools in Padang, Medan, Payakumbuh/Padang Panjang, secretary of an emergency hospital 1948-49.
Constituent Assembly Member Profile: Mrs S.D. Soesanto, Scanned Form
Scan of the original Konstituante membership form (c. 1956) for Nj. S.D. Soesanto, PKI member of the Constituent Assembly. The OCR is almost entirely noise; only form headings (birth, education, career) are partly legible and no entries can be read. Her biography is legible in the companion transcription GA-00129.
Constituent Assembly Member Profile: Mrs S.D. Soesanto
Konstituante.Net member profile (transcribed) of Nj. S.D. Soesanto, PKI member no. 202 of the Constituent Assembly. Born 22 February 1914 in Yogyakarta; Taman Siswa teacher training. Taught in Yogyakarta, Godean and Kebumen, belonged to Isteri Sedar and PIA, served in Perwari Yogyakarta, headed a TNI women's inspectora
Constituent Assembly Member Profile: Mrs Setiati Surasto, Scanned Form
Scan of the original Konstituante membership form (c. 1956) for Nj. Setiati Surasto, PKI member of the Constituent Assembly. The OCR is almost entirely noise; only form headings (birth, education, career) are partly legible and no entries can be read. Her biography is legible in the companion transcription GA-00131.
Constituent Assembly Member Profile: Mrs Setiati Surasto
Konstituante.Net member profile (transcribed) of Nj. Setiati Surasto, PKI member no. 340 of the Constituent Assembly. Born 23 February 1920 in Banyuwangi, MULO educated. Civil servant in the Education Ministry 1941-50, KNIP member 1945-49, secretary of SOBSI Jakarta 1945-49, DPKS member and secretary of Sarpubri's regi
Constituent Assembly Member Profile: Mrs Suwardiningsih, Scanned Form
Scan of the original Konstituante membership form (c. 1956) for Nj. Suwardiningsih, PKI member of the Constituent Assembly. The OCR is almost entirely noise; only form headings (birth, education, career) are partly legible and no entries can be read. Her biography is legible in the companion transcription GA-00133.
Constituent Assembly Member Profile: Mrs Suwardiningsih
Konstituante.Net member profile (transcribed) of Nj. Suwardiningsih, PKI member no. 129 of the Constituent Assembly. Born 25 June 1926 in Kudus, Muhammadiyah MULO educated, living in Surabaya. Worked at the customs office in Kudus 1944-47 and headed the education section of the TNI women's inspectorate in Bojonegoro 19
Constituent Assembly Member Profile: Suwarti Bintang Suradi, Scanned Form
Scan of the original Konstituante membership form (c. 1956) for Suwarti Bintang Suradi, PKI member of the Constituent Assembly. The OCR is almost entirely noise; only form headings (birth, education, career) are partly legible and no entries can be read. Her biography is legible in the companion transcription GA-00135.
Constituent Assembly Member Profile: Suwarti Bintang Suradi
Konstituante.Net member profile (transcribed) of Suwarti Bintang Suradi, PKI member no. 15 of the Constituent Assembly. Born 1 August 1914 in Ngawi, Kweekschool and AMS educated, living in Jakarta. KNIP working committee member in Surakarta and nationally 1945-50, member of the RIS parliament and the unitary Parliament
Gerwani statement on abrogating the KMB; women at the SOBSI national council (Bintang Timur, 23 February 1956)
Front page (with pp. 2-4) of Bintang Timur, Jakarta, 23 Feb 1956. The DPP Gerwani issues a statement, after a meeting with Central Java, West Java and Jakarta delegates, demanding full unilateral abrogation of the KMB agreements. Women delegates Setiati Surasto (Sarbupri), Sri Ambar, Tuti, Rantiyem and Emmy Purwati att
Gerwani endorses prosecutor's demand against Jungschlager (Bintang Timur, 28 February 1956)
Front page (with pp. 2-4) of Bintang Timur, Jakarta, 28 Feb 1956, dominated by the KMB abrogation debate and the Masyumi/PNI-NU stand-off. A short item reports Gerwani welcoming and endorsing the prosecutor's demand against the Dutch defendant Jungschlager, calling it commensurate with his crimes. Other items cover the
Umi Sardjono at the WIDF 10th anniversary: women's rights in the Konstituante (Bintang Timur, 9 March 1956)
Front page (with pp. 2-4) of Bintang Timur, Jakarta, 9 Mar 1956. One column reports the 10th-anniversary celebration of the Women's International Democratic Federation (GWDS/WIDF) at the SBKA hall, Manggarai: Gerwani chair Umi Sardjono urges women's organisations to get women's rights written into the Konstituante, cit
Mrs Salawati Daud elected to the new DPR; inauguration of parliament and Ali cabinet (Bintang Timur, 26 March 1956)
Front page (with pp. 2-4) of Bintang Timur, Jakarta, 26 Mar 1956, on the swearing-in of 217 members of the new DPR and Ali Sastroamidjojo's cabinet. Captioned photos show Sukarno with PKI member Mudigdo and Masyumi's Mangunpuspito, and welcoming Salawati Daud, a non-party PKI candidate from Makassar. Women MPs (13 in a
Umi Sardjono joins the Development faction in the new DPR (Bintang Timur, 4 April 1956)
Front page (with pp. 2-4) of Bintang Timur, Jakarta, 4 Apr 1956. A short item on the new DPR's factions lists Umi Sardjono (Gerwani chair) among the members of the 'Pembangunan' (Development) faction, with Suprapto, Abulhayat, Runturambi, Supardi and Sujono. Headline news: government to seek full KMB abrogation and tak
Salawati Daud speaks in the DPR on DI/TII terror and security (Bintang Timur, 13 April 1956)
Front page (with pp. 2-4) of Bintang Timur, Jakarta, 13 Apr 1956, reporting the DPR's first-round debate on the Ali cabinet programme. Ch. Salawati Daud (PKI, non-party) speaks on security: she says Masyumi and DI/TII share an ideology differing only in method, urges amnesty and caution toward rebels, calls for housing
Umi Sardjono in the DPR on the Maisuri case (Bintang Timur, 17 April 1956)
Bintang Timur (Jakarta daily), 17 April 1956, full issue. The Gerwani-relevant item is a report on the DPR debate on the Ali Sastroamidjojo cabinet programme, in which Umi Sardjono (Fraksi Pembangunan) objects to a verdict punishing Maisuri for refusing a forced customary marriage and demands abolition of feudal remnan
List of Konstituante members, including Setiati Surasto and Suwardiningsih (Bintang Timur, 17 July 1956)
Bintang Timur, 17 July 1956, p. 3 (four-page issue). Continues the published lists of candidates/elected members for the Konstituante by party; among the PKI-and-allies list (OCR columns interleaved with NU, Masyumi and regional lists) appear Setiati Surasto and Suwardiningsih, alongside Nyoto and others. Remainder is