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Pedoman Bekerdja Gerwis, c. 1951
Gerwis Working Handbook, c. 1951
Founding handbook of Gerwis issued after the June 1950 Semarang fusion of six women's organisations: statutes, a catechism-style commentary, bylaws, an organising manual and a field guide for work among women workers, peasants, traders and workers' wives. Frames women's interest in anticolonial struggle.
Buku pedoman pendirian Gerwis setelah fusi enam organisasi perempuan di Semarang, Juni 1950: anggaran dasar, tafsir, anggaran rumah tangga, panduan organisasi, dan pedoman kerja di kalangan buruh, tani, pedagang kecil, dan istri buruh.
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- Date
- 1951
- Creator
- Gerwis
- Document type
- organisational document (organizational statute with commentary, household rules and cadre organizing manual (booklet))
- Language
- Indonesian (old spelling)
- Perspective
- Gerwani/PKI-aligned voice
- Source role
- primary
- Country
- Indonesia
- Period
- 1950–1954
- Access
- Freely viewable at source but reuse terms apply or are unrecorded: link to the source; host the file only after checking rights.
- Citation (APA)
- Gerakan Wanita Indonesia Sedar. (ca. 1950). Pedoman bekerdja Gerwis [Gerwis working guide] [Statutes, commentary and organizing manual; title unverified]. Pengurus Besar Gerwis; Pertjetakan Sin Tit Po.
- File
- 01 Primary Sources/1.1 Gerwis and Gerwani Documents/Gerwis (c. 1951) - Pedoman Bekerdja Gerwis.pdf
- OCR / text
- Good (0.915) · proof-reading: no (script-cleaned only) · translation: not needed
- Collection
- 01 Primary Sources › 1.1 Gerwis and Gerwani Documents
- Summary basis
- condensed from full annotation
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