S.K. Trimurti lecturing on the relation between the labour and women's movements (Idayu photo album)
Undated photograph from the Yayasan Idayu S.K. Trimurti albums (Perpusnas Khastara), image 02: Ibu Dra. Ek. S.K. Trimurti giving a talk, apparently on the relationship between the labour movement and the women's movement (title truncated in the file name). No text could be read; no Gerwani link is shown.
S.K. Trimurti lecturing on the relation between the labour and women's movements (Idayu photo album)
Undated photograph from the Yayasan Idayu albums (Perpusnas Khastara) captioned as Ibu Dra. SK. Trimurti giving a talk on the relationship between the labour movement and the women's movement. Shows Trimurti as a speaker on labour and women's organising; Gerwani is not mentioned in the caption. Description based on cap
S.K. Trimurti lecturing on the relation between the labour and women's movements (Idayu photo album)
Undated photograph from the Yayasan Idayu album (Perpusnas Khastara 575445, image 04): by its title, Ibu Dra. SK Trimurti giving a lecture on the relation between the labour movement and the women's movement. Shows Trimurti, a Gerwis founder, speaking on labour and women; no text accompanies the image.
S.K. Trimurti lecturing on the relation between the labour and women's movements (Idayu photo album)
Undated photograph from the Yayasan Idayu albums (Perpusnas Khastara), same series as image 03, captioned as Ibu Dra. SK. Trimurti lecturing on the relationship between the labour movement and the women's movement. Gerwani is not mentioned in the caption. Description based on caption only.
S.K. Trimurti holding a child, 1939 (Idayu photo album)
Image 01 of an album page from the Idayu Foundation photo collection (Perpusnas Khastara 296810), captioned 'SK. Trimurti sedang memangku anak thn 1939' (S.K. Trimurti holding a child, 1939). Background material on S.K. Trimurti; the OCR gives only the caption and no Gerwani content, and the page image was not inspecte
S.K. Trimurti holding a child, 1939 (Idayu photo album)
Image 02 of an album page from the Idayu Foundation photo collection (Perpusnas Khastara 296810), captioned 'SK. Trimurti sedang memangku anak thn 1939' (S.K. Trimurti holding a child, 1939). Background material on S.K. Trimurti; the OCR gives only the caption and no Gerwani content, and the page image was not inspecte
S.K. Trimurti holding a child, 1939 (Idayu photo album)
Image 03 of an album page from the Idayu Foundation photo collection (Perpusnas Khastara 296810), captioned 'SK. Trimurti sedang memangku anak thn 1939' (S.K. Trimurti holding a child, 1939). Background material on S.K. Trimurti; the OCR gives only the caption and no Gerwani content, and the page image was not inspecte
S.K. Trimurti holding a child, 1939 (Idayu photo album)
Photograph from the Yayasan Idayu albums of S.K. Trimurti held by Perpusnas Khastara, captioned as a group picture with Trimurti holding a child in 1939. It is a pre-1945 personal image of the labour and women's activist; it does not mention Gerwani. Description is based on the caption only; the image itself was not ex
Ministers of State
Algemeen Indisch Dagblad (1947-07-04) lists new Indonesian Republic ministers of state. Mrs. K. Trimurti (S.K. Trimurti) of the Partai Buruh Indonesia is Minister of Labour with Wilopo (PNI) as deputy; others include Wikana, Hamengkubuwono IX and Maruto Darusman (PKI).
American aide-memoire answered today (with report on the Sjarifuddin cabinet)
Het Dagblad (Batavia) item, 4 Jul 1947, p.1, on the new Sjarifuddin cabinet. In the passage on ministers it notes that Mrs Trimurti (S.K. Trimurti, Partai Buruh) replaces Ulfah Santoso, the only woman minister in the previous cabinet, as minister of state for labour affairs. The rest concerns other ministers and party
The new cabinet (Sjarifuddin cabinet, July 1947)
Het Dagblad (Batavia) article (4 Jul 1947, p.1) listing the new Republican cabinet under Amir Sjarifuddin, with ministers and vice-ministers by party. It lists Mrs K. Trimurti as minister of state for labour affairs, with vice-minister Wilopo, and Wikana for youth affairs. Useful for Trimurti's appointment; no Gerwani
Further details on new cabinet (Sjarifuddin cabinet)
Het Nieuws (Algemeen Dagblad) report (4 Jul 1947, p.1): Sukarno addressed the new Sjarifuddin cabinet, hoping for a 'policy of peace'. The cabinet has 33 ministers and vice-ministers; the minister of labour, Miss Trimurti, is the only woman member. Notes Wondoamiseno's appointment and Sultan of Yogyakarta's retention.
Cabinet complete (Sjarifuddin cabinet, July 1947)
Het Parool (4 Jul 1947, p.17): complete list of the new republican cabinet under Amir Sjarifuddin, including Trimoerti as minister of labour, Wikana for youth, Wondoamiseno for the interior after being released over Sjahrir's abduction. Notes Dr Boediardjo's resignation and Sukarno's swearing-in speech hoping for a pol
Sunday Worker, 10 August 1947, p. 8: Indonesian Minister of Labor is a woman, Mrs S.K. Trimurti
Sunday Worker, 10 Aug 1947, p. 8: the OCR contains only a crossword puzzle (clues and grid), so the catalogued article on S. K. Trimurti as Indonesia's woman Minister of Labor cannot be read or checked. No Gerwani/Gerwis content is verifiable.
Loose and fast from the Republic
De Locomotief, 13 May 1948: satirical column by an 'Indonesian collaborator' on life in the Republic. It says former Minister of Labour S.K. Trimurti, after the fall of the Amir cabinet, is 'a wiser but sadder woman' who no longer speaks publicly, and that Republican women were reluctant to speak at meetings. Hostile,
Merdeka, 4 September 1951: Trimurti surveys the women's movements
Merdeka, 4 September 1951 (hlm. 2): 'Trimurti tindjau gerakan2 wanita': Gerwis vice-chair S.K. Trimurti, touring Sumatra since 27 July 1951 with her secretary, criticises urban women's organisations in Medan as weak and ceremonial.
Indische Courant, 15 Sep 1951, p. 1 (Peking invitation; Partai Wanita Rakjat congress)
Full newspaper page, Indische Courant voor Nederland, 15 Sep 1951. Relevant: Mrs Trimurti of Gerwis accepts invitation to Peking; Surabaya arrests of Chinese residents and journalists; congress of the Partai Wanita Rakjat (chair Sri Mangunsarkoro) on women's status, monogamy, polygamy, birth control. Other articles unr
S.K. Trimurti: Indonesian Women's Congress (Kowani conference) (Harian Rakjat, 13 March 1952)
Harian Rakjat, 13 Mar 1952, p.3: article by S.K. Trimurti on the Kongres Wanita Indonesia (Kowani) conference due from 15 March in Jakarta. She urges unity among all women's organisations (naming Perwari, Muslimat, Wanita Demokrat, Gerwis), voting by consensus, and action on women's unemployment, prices and labour. The
Abadi, 15 March 1952, p. 3: S.K. Trimurti's Letter to Women's Organisations
Abadi, 15 Mar 1952, p. 3: Trimurti's open letter (while detained) to women's organisations before a Kongres Wanita Indonesia conference, proposing majority voting and a minimum programme on schools, rice prices, women's and child labour, and trafficking.
Gerwis questioned by DPKN officers about Trimurti's arrest (Harian Rakjat, 19 March 1952)
Harian Rakjat, 19 Mar 1952, p.2: brief report that three DPKN (state security investigation) officials visited the Gerwis Rawasari branch in Jakarta on 17 March 1952 and questioned members on Gerwis's attitude to Trimurti's recent arrest and who represents Gerwis in Parliament. Gerwis answered as far as possible; the p
Gerwis sends Suwarti and Darmini to child-defence conference in Vienna (Harian Rakjat, 8 April 1952)
Harian Rakjat, 8 Apr 1952, p.3-4: Gerwis, led by Umi Sardjono (PB Gerwis), hosts a reception in Jakarta for organisations and officials, including Health Ministry's Dr Syulianti, to prepare a national committee for child defence; Trimurti speaks on child labour and schooling. Gerwis delegates Suwarti and Darmini (alrea
Trimurti (Gerwis) at national unity meeting for 20 May (Harian Rakjat, 14 May 1952)
Harian Rakjat, 14 May 1952. Pp. 1 and 4 report a meeting convened on Ki Hajar Dewantara's initiative to organise commemoration of 20 May (National Awakening Day); S.K. Trimurti of Gerwis spoke first, backing the plan and urging concrete action; Perwari and Gerwis are named among the women's organisations present. The f
S.K. Trimurti (Gerwis) on National Awakening Day, 20 May (Harian Rakjat, 20 May 1952)
Harian Rakjat, 20 May 1952. A front-page item quotes S.K. Trimurti of Gerwis telling the paper that 20 May should truly become a day of unity in the struggle for independence; she recalls the 1948 Yogyakarta commemoration and the unrealised National Program, blaming organisational fragmentation. The issue also covers S
To the congress in Denmark: delegation chosen for Copenhagen
Aneta report in De Vrije Pers (7 Apr 1953): at a Gerwis-initiated meeting of women's organisations (2-3 April, Jakarta) it was decided to send a delegation to the WIDF women's congress in Denmark in June. Delegates include S.K. Trimurti, Kandjinah and Maasje Siwi of Gerwis, plus Wanita Demokrat and others.
Indonesian Mother's Day: reader's contribution on the 1928 women's congress
Reader's contribution in the Surinamese De Surinamer (22 Dec 1954) on Indonesian Mother's Day, commemorating the 1928 women's congress, Kartini, and women ministers Maria Ulfa Santoso and S.K. Trimurti; contrasts past seclusion with present rights and compares Indonesian women's social work with Paramaribo. Gerwani is
Editorial board of the magazine Wanita Indonesia (Harian Rakjat, 26 February 1955)
Harian Rakjat, 26 Feb 1955: page 3 carries an advertisement and masthead for the monthly women's magazine 'Wanita Indonesia' (PKI-linked): editor Nn. Siti Asiyah, contributors including S.K. Trimurti, Ruslati, Sumbiyah and Kartinah (administration, CC PKI Jakarta), Maasje Siwi in Berlin as foreign correspondent. Page 1
President Sukarno appoints himself formateur: striving for extra-parliamentary cabinet
Het Nieuwsblad voor Sumatra (5 Apr 1957, p.1): Sukarno appoints himself formateur of an extra-parliamentary emergency cabinet at a Negara Palace meeting of 75 invited prominent figures (69 present). Six invitees were absent, including Mrs Pudjobuntoro and Mrs S.K. Trimurti. Nasution, the service chiefs, police chief an
45 members in total: National Council definitively formed by president and cabinet
Algemeen Indisch Dagblad (1957-06-15, p. 1): announcement of the 45-member National Council (Dewan Nasional) under Sukarno, with Roeslan Abdulgani as vice-chair and secretary-general. Functional-group seats include workers (SOBSI's Munir), youth (Sujono Atmo, PKI) and women's organisations: Mrs. S.K. Trimurti and Mrs.
Composition of national council completed (Sukarno chair)
Het Nieuwsblad voor Sumatra (15 Jun 1957, p.1): the 45-member National Council is announced, chaired by Sukarno with Roeslan Abdulgani as vice-chair. Members include Munir (SOBSI workers), Sardjono (peasants), Henk Ngantung (artists), and S.K. Trimurti and Rasuna Said for the women's movements; Mrs Towoliu represents C
Composition of the National Council announced
Java-Bode, 15 June 1957, p. 1: government announces the 45-member National Council chaired by Sukarno, with Roeslan Abdulgani as vice-chair. Women's organisations are represented by S.K. Trimurti and Rasuna Said; other members include Sobsi's Munir, PKI's Sujono Atmo, painter Henk Ngantung, Towoliu and Siwabessy, plus