Persatuan Islam

Acronym: Persis
Original name: Persatuan Islam
Type: Indonesian mass organisation
Country: Indonesia
Founded: 1923
Also written as: Persatuan Islam; Persis

1952 – 1966

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GA-00510 1952-06-12 Algemeen Indisch Dagblad rel B

Babyverzorging (Perawatan bayi)

Baby care

Short Algemeen Indisch Dagblad notice (1952-06-12, p. 2) that a baby-care committee, Taman Baji Sehat, has been set up in (apparently Bandung) by women's associations including Parkiwa, Perwari, Gerwis and Persatuan Wanita Kristen, to open a crèche for babies of mothers who have died, are ill or work.

GA-03035 1966 rel C licensed

The Persatuan Islam, Islamic Union (PhD thesis, McGill University, 1966)

The Persatuan Islam, Islamic Union (Federspiel, 1966)

Howard Federspiel's PhD thesis (McGill, 1966) on the Persatuan Islam (Persis), the modernist Muslim organisation founded in Bandung in 1923, covering its beliefs, polemics and politics to 1963. Chapter 10 treats Persis views on women's role, veiling and polygamy. It never mentions Gerwani or Gerwis; the only link is a