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GA-00204 1966-02-28 Angkatan Bersendjata rel B

Angkatan Bersendjata, 28 Februari 1966

Angkatan Bersendjata, 28 February 1966

Angkatan Bersendjata, 28 Feb 1966, during Untung's Mahmillub trial. The 'Pos Piket' corner jokes that the alleged 'Dewan Djenderal' tape is 'the tape of Gerwani at Lubang Buaya', presupposing the sexual slander as common knowledge.

GA-02043 1966-09-15 The Straits Times rel B

The Straits Times, 15 September 1966: Students open new assault on Hartini

Straits Times, 15 Sep 1966: students open new assault on Hartini

Straits Times, 15 Sep 1966 (lead only). The Bandung and Jakarta chapters of the Indonesian Action Front (KAMI) demanded that President Sukarno resign and answer before a special military tribunal, with an attack on Hartini. Matched on Gerwani; lead does not mention it.

GA-02012 1966-12-17 Sinar Harapan rel B

Sinar Harapan, 17 Desember 1966

Sinar Harapan, 17 Dec 1966: Dharsono at KAMI Puteri Mother's Day commemoration

Sinar Harapan, 17 Desember 1966. Dharsono at a KAMI Puteri Hari Ibu commemoration says 'Gerwani/Gestapu/PKI' honoured heroes only as a mask; a second Gerwani hit in a serialised verdict digest.

GA-02162 1967-04-30 Soviet Woman rel C licensed

Soviet Woman, 30 April 1967: 'Our Indonesian Friends Write'

Soviet Woman, 30 Apr 1967: 'Our Indonesian Friends Write'

Soviet Woman, 30 Apr 1967: Nina Voronina's 'Our Indonesian friends write' describes correspondence between the Soviet Women's Committee and Indonesian women (Asih Budi society in Bandung, journalist Sakti Alamsjah, pharmacist Salamah Adipura, Tulungagung teachers' club). Mentions Indonesia only through Kowani-era conta

GA-03326 1967-07-11 Berita Harian rel A

Ketua Komunis Jawa Barat di-tawan dekat Bandung (Gerwani members arrested)

Communist leader in West Java captured near Bandung: Gerwani members arrested (Berita Harian, 1967)

Berita Harian, 11 July 1967, p. 3, Reuters: the army announces capture near Bandung of Yakob Margolang, who allegedly tried to form a new Communist party in West Java; several women believed to be members of Gerwani, 'the secret organisation of Communist women', were also arrested. Context: army warnings against pro-Su

GA-00746 1973-04-02 De Volkskrant rel B

Geen botertje (Not a bit of butter: press freedom in Indonesia)

Not a bit of butter: press freedom and imprisoned writers in Indonesia

Fragment of a De Volkskrant piece (2 Apr 1973) on press freedom in Suharto's Indonesia, listing imprisoned writers and journalists (Bandaharo Harahap, Oei Hay Djun, Mrs. Sugiarti Siswadi, Mrs. Rusijati, Mrs. Lies Sukatno and others) and rebutting H.B. Jassin's claim of press freedom. Gerwani is not named.

GA-03062 2020 rel A licensed

Years of Dressing Dangerously: Modern Women, National Identity and Moral Crisis in Sukarno's Indonesia, 1945-1966

Years of Dressing Dangerously: Modern Women, National Identity and Moral Crisis in Sukarno's Indonesia (Sullivan, 2020)

Charles P. Sullivan's PhD dissertation (History, University of Michigan, 2020) reads Indonesian women's magazines (Wanita, Puspa Wanita, Varia) from 1945-66 to argue that the Lubang Buaya narrative about Gerwani worked as a 'post-text' of long-running anxieties over modernity, moral crisis and the 'Mother of the Nation

GA-02287 2021-05-01 Tempo rel B licensed

Kehidupan Kembali Rukiah

Tempo, 1 May 2021: Rukiah's second life

Tempo feature (1 May 2021) on publisher Ultimus (Bandung) reissuing works by woman writer S. Rukiah, banned after 1965 because she was jailed as a Lekra activist: 'Kejatuhan dan Hati' and 'Tandus' (2017), children's book 'Pak Supi' (2018), and nine more children's titles found in libraries. Gerwani is not mentioned.

GA-02302 2023-05-22 Tempo rel C licensed

SK Trimurti, Menteri Tenaga Kerja Pertama Indonesia dan Perjalanan Politiknya

Tempo.co, 22 May 2023: S.K. Trimurti, Indonesia's first labour minister, and her political journey

Tempo.co profile (22 May 2023, Febyana Siagian and S. Dian Andryanto) of SK Trimurti, journalist and Indonesia's first labour minister. It covers her birth in Boyolali (1912), teacher training, Rukun Wanita, Partindo in Bandung, press work, witnessing the BPUPKI and the 1945 proclamation push, KNIP membership, and the