De Nieuwsgier, 17 Apr 1952: Gerwis hands a letter to the Egyptian consulate protesting the Cairo governor's decision that women may not take part in Egyptian elections, and urges Egypt to withdraw it. Early example of Gerwis's international women's-rights solidarity.
De Nieuwsgier, 19 May 1952: Eleanor Roosevelt, replying to a Gerwis letter handed to her in Jakarta in late April, rejects its allegations of UN bacteriological warfare in Korea and suppression of a people's freedom, and the claim that the West drove a million Arabs from their homes. Third press version of this exchang
De Nieuwsgier, 16 June 1952: Central Java territorial command denies that the defence minister told a delegation of the Committee of Families of August Raid Detainees (Mr K. Wirdojo and Mrs Moedigdo [Mudigdio]) he would lift the banishment of the Wikana group released after the 1951 raids. The three remain in Central J