De Locomotief, 27 Dec 1955: list of passes in Jakarta medical faculty examinations; 'Miss Soetanti Aidit' passed the first part of her exam. Gerwani is not mentioned and the item does not state she is D.N. Aidit's relative.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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
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.
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
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.
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
Algemeen Indisch Dagblad (1956-03-02, p. 2): list of PKI candidates by electoral district across East Java, Central Java, West Java, Greater Jakarta and Sumatra. It includes women: Umi Sardjono (Mrs. Sukisman), Suharti Suwarto (Solo), Mudigdio (Siti Aminah Mochsjam, Jakarta), Sundari Abdulrachman (Semarang), Salawati D
Java-Bode, 15 March 1956, p. 2: installation of the new film censorship committee (chair Maria Ulfah Santoso) and film council at the education ministry. Among some thirty censorship members is Setiati Soerasto (Surasto), a figure from the 1953 Copenhagen delegation; the item gives no Gerwani affiliation or comment.
Indische Courant voor Nederland, 22 Mar 1956, p. 2: installation of the new Film Censorship Committee (chair Maria Ulfah Santoso) and Film Council; Setiati Surasto and S. Kartowijono are listed among the committee's members.
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
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
Algemeen Indisch Dagblad (1956-04-18, p. 2): PNI West Java secretary Rivai explains the party's rejection of the Sundanese Youth Front and its support for regional autonomy within a unitary state. Illustrates daerah representation by noting Mrs. Ch. Salawati (PKI) from Sulawesi raised the security problem in the parlia
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
Algemeen Indisch Dagblad (1956-07-27, p. 2): Lt.-Col. Worang rebuts parliamentary defence committee chair Lukas Kustario's claims about a counter-revolutionary movement in Minahasa, saying Kustario stayed in Manado only hours; Worang wonders whether fellow MPs Mrs. Salawati and Masjur share the view. Resident coordinat
Indische Courant voor Nederland, 6 Aug 1956, p. 1: Lt-Col Worang disputes MP Lukas Kustario's account of Minahasa after a brief Manado visit, questioning whether fellow MPs Mrs Salawati and Mansjur share it. Gerwani-relevant only through Salawati Daud's mention as a member of the parliamentary party.
CIA bulletin of travel by bloc and non-bloc delegations. Citing Harian Rakjat (30 June 1956), it lists the Indonesian parliamentary delegation to the USSR, Poland and Czechoslovakia (September 1956), including 'Mrs Ch. Salawati of the PKI' (identified by the sweep as Charlotte Salawati Daud) with Sakirman. A separate l
Short Algemeen Indisch Dagblad item (1956-11-20, p. 2): the Constituent Assembly forms a five-member committee to arrange the election of its chairman: Slamet (PNI), Ali Imbido (NU), Muh. Hidajat (Masyumi), Mayrengsay (Partai Katolik) and Mrs. Suwarti (PKI), identified in the archive as Suwarti Bintang Suradi.
US State Department Monthly Indonesian Press Survey no. 22-32 (1957), p. 48: biographical notes on PKI-elected MPs. Mrs Charlotte Salawati (Salawati Daud), elected for Greater Jakarta, born Sangihe 20 March 1909, teacher; expelled from church affiliation in 1928 for attacking Dutch clergy, banned from teaching in 1932,
Het Nieuwsblad voor Sumatra (21 Feb 1957, p.1): PKI MP Mrs C.H. Salawati Daoed, from Celebes, submitted written questions asking whether former TKR members in Celebes face hunger because Rp 1.7 million from the governor was not received, who got the money, how large the fund is, and for action against culpable official
Algemeen Indisch Dagblad (1957-03-09, p. 1): army envoys report from Makassar on Lt.-Col. Sumual's 2 March proclamation of martial law in TT-VII; parliament debates sending observers, proposing a group including Mrs. Ch. Salawati (PKI); the PKI central committee calls the move anti-republican and linked to SEATO. Cover
Het Nieuwsblad voor Sumatra (9 Mar 1957, p.1): Indonesian parliament begins a new tradition of ministers answering written questions orally; the plenary has not yet decided on sending a parliamentary mission to Makassar. The defence section nominated Slamet Ginting (PNI), Mrs Ch. Salawati Daud (PKI), A.B. Karubuy and K
Java-Bode, 9 March 1957, p. 1: parliament has not yet decided on its defence section's request to send observers to TT VII over the Sulawesi events. Proposed members: Slamet Ginting (PNI) as chair, Mrs Ch. Salawati Daud (PKI), A.B. Karubuy, K.H. Misbach, with Roza as secretary; Senduk wants other factions included.