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GA-00056 1959 Api Kartini rel B licensed

Berjuta Wanita di Luar Negeri di Belakang Perjuangan Kemerdekaan Rakyat Indonesia

Millions of Women Abroad behind the Indonesian People's Struggle for Independence

Api Kartini (1959) article on how the WIDF (GWDS) and millions of women abroad supported Indonesia's independence struggle, noting Gerwani as an Indonesian member. Recounts WIDF's 1947 message to the UN against the Dutch aggression, Dutch women's protests (Schoonhoven, NVB), 1949 actions and later solidarity on Irian B

GA-02813 1959 Sulami rel A licensed

The Birth and Growth of the Indonesian Women's Movement, Part III (Sulami, 1959)

Birth and Growth of the Indonesian Women's Movement, Part III (Sulami, 1959)

Part III of Sulami's 1959 history: KOWANI conflicts and 1948 Solo congress, founding of Gerwis at Semarang (4 June 1950), its 1954 renaming as Gerwani, structure with six commissions, membership growth (6,000 Java 1951; 642,460 in January 1957; 700,000 at the Third Congress, Solo, Dec 1957), 1955 election results (5 MP