Murder of Dutchman in South Celebes: arrest of gang leader stirs Indonesian press
Algemeen Handelsblad correspondent's report (Batavia, 1949-11-11) on the Masamba murder of Dutchman Pluyter and the arrest of Makassar councillor Salawati Daud as gang leader. Notes the Indonesian press presents her as a freedom heroine and martyr, compared to Wolter Monginsidi; Maria Ulfah Santoso of the women's congr
Murder of Dutchman in South Celebes: arrest of gang leader stirs Indonesian press (page 1, 11 Nov 1949)
Page-image version of the same Algemeen Handelsblad report (1949-11-11, p. 1) on the Masamba murder of Pluyter and the arrest of Makassar councillor Salawati Daud as gang leader, with Indonesian press and Maria Ulfah Santoso presenting her as a freedom heroine. Surrounding headlines (Paris conference, Bonn, atomic cont
The lot of Salawati
Nieuwe Courant, 3 December 1949: commentary profiling 'Lot Salawati' (Salawati Daud) as 'very left and very revolutionary', leader of the Masamba gang. It speculates that she was humiliated at the Indonesian Women's Congress in Yogyakarta and then at home in Makassar, and sought rehabilitation through violence; it also
Mrs Salawati Daud reports on meeting with Kahar Muzakar (Harian Rakjat, 10 April 1952)
Harian Rakjat, 10 Apr 1952, p.4 (Antara, Makassar 9 April): Nyonya Salawati Daud's report after meeting rebel leader Kahar Muzakar in the mountains is receiving government attention; Kahar's demands are said to disappoint the governor and cannot be met. The issue also reports a Gerwis role in the national child-defence
Harian Rakjat, 17 July 1952: Mrs Salawati Daud awarded a bicycle (South Sulawesi guerrilla)
Harian Rakjat, Jakarta, 17 July 1952 (full issue; p. 3 relevant). Reports that Ny. Salawati Daud received a motorised bicycle (bromfiets) as a token of honour for her role as an active woman guerrilla in South Sulawesi since the Japanese occupation. Elsewhere, Perwari and other women's groups reject Government Regulati
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
Woman and the Changing Marriage Pattern of Indonesia (van der Kroef, 1957)
Journal article by Justus M. van der Kroef (American Catholic Sociological Review, June 1957) on women's status and marriage in Indonesia: adat versus Islamic law, polygamy, divorce rates, colonial and revolutionary change. Surveys women's organisations (Perwari, Kowani) and notes Kowani's early left turn and WIDF cont
Suluh Indonesia, 15 May 1957: Salawati Daud on the Bhinneka Tunggal Ika Congress
Suluh Indonesia, Jakarta, 15 May 1957 (four pages, OCR noisy). Lead item: Ny. Salawati Daud, MP (defence section, South Sulawesi), denies that the Bhinneka Tunggal Ika Congress held in Makassar had the backing of Konstituante and parliament members from East Indonesia, and says she will raise it in parliament. Page 3 c