Indonesian Women's Army

Acronym: Laswi
Original name: Laskar Wanita Indonesia
Type: Indonesian women's organisation
Country: Indonesia
Founded: 1945
Description: Women's militia of the Indonesian revolution.
Deskripsi: Laskar perempuan pada masa revolusi Indonesia.
Also written as: Laswi; Lasykar Wanita

1981 – 2021

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GA-02940 1981 rel B

Rebellion under the Banner of Islam: The Darul Islam in Indonesia

Rebellion under the Banner of Islam: The Darul Islam in Indonesia (van Dijk, 1981)

C. van Dijk, Rebellion under the Banner of Islam: The Darul Islam in Indonesia (KITLV/Martinus Nijhoff, 1981), a political history of the Darul Islam risings in West and Central Java, South Sulawesi, South Kalimantan and Aceh, and of why people joined them. It never mentions Gerwani. Its relevance is biographical: Mrs

GA-02291 2021-10-02 Tempo rel A licensed

Dari Putri Priayi ke Aktivis Bawah Tanah (Bagaimana Umi Sardjono menjadi aktivis perempuan)

Tempo, 2 October 2021: From priyayi daughter to underground activist (how Umi Sardjono became an activist)

Tempo biographical feature (2 Oct 2021, Isma Savitri and Nurdin Kalim) on Umi Sardjono's early life: born Suharti Sumodiwirjo in Salatiga, 24 Dec 1923, inspired by Kartini, joined Parindra then Gerindo, worked as an underground courier in East Java, tortured by the Japanese in 1943 alongside S.K. Trimurti, married Suki

GA-02316 2021-10-04 Tempo English rel A licensed

From A Civil Servant's Daughter to An Underground Activist (Umi Sardjono)

Tempo English, 4 October 2021: From a civil servant's daughter to an underground activist (Umi Sardjono)

Tempo English cover story (4 Oct 2021, Isma Savitri) on Umi Sardjono's early life, drawing on Ruth Indiah Rahayu and Lilik H.S. Born Suharti Sumodiwirjo in Salatiga in 1923 to a civil servant, she was shaped by Kartini, Parindra and Gerindo, worked as an underground courier in East Java, was tortured by the Japanese in