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2 itemsTopic: women's rights and emancipation ✕Place: Boven Digoel ✕Source role: primary ✕
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GA-02412 1949-12-15 rel C licensed

Lillah Suripno of Indonesia Speaks (FBIS, 15 Dec 1949)

FBIS, 15 December 1949: Lillah Suripno of Indonesia speaks

FBIS-monitored Xinhua text (15 Dec 1949) of a speech by Indonesian delegate 'Lillah' (Lily) Suripno at the Asian Women's Conference, Peking, 12 Dec. She thanks WIDF, surveys Indonesian anti-colonial history, the 1926-27 PKI revolts, Japanese occupation, women in guerrilla struggle, and calls for a PKI-led front of demo

GA-00111 1959 Kukilowarsi rel C licensed

Menengok Sejenak ke Belakang

A Brief Look Back

Article by Kukilowarsi (1959) for 17 August, recalling women's roles in the Indonesian revolution: 1926 rebels and Digul exiles, anti-Japanese resistance, women's guerrilla brigades, Red Cross and kitchens, and stories of Suparmi and a mother fighter. It cites the first women's congress of 1928, the 1955 vote, and dema