Kjai Ahmad

Category: other Indonesian
Nationality: Indonesian
Also written as: Kjai Ahmad; Kyai Ahmad

1955 – 1955

2 items

GA-01444 1955-01-26 Harian Rakjat rel A

Maisuri simbol perlawanan terhadap kawin paksa (Harian Rakjat, 26 Januari 1955, hlm. 3)

Maisuri, symbol of resistance to forced marriage (Harian Rakjat, 26 January 1955)

Harian Rakjat, 26 Jan 1955, p. 3: women's-page feature 'Maisuri, symbol of resistance to forced marriage', signed Ny. Suwarti (DPP Gerwani). Maisuri refused a marriage imposed by her family to an older man (Kyai Ahmad) who already had wives; the piece uses the case to argue against forced marriage and for a marriage la

GA-00879 1955-08-10 De Waarheid rel A

1945 - 17 Augustus - 1955: Maisuri geeft het voorbeeld

1945 - 17 August - 1955: Maisuri sets the example

De Waarheid, 10 Aug 1955, p. 5: illustrated story marking ten years of the Republic about Maisuri, a 17-year-old from Talang-Dukun, South Sumatra, sold by her parents to a landlord as fourth wife, who fled and married her chosen partner, was jailed for 'adultery' and freed after her mother turned to a Gerwani officer a