Kartini Day commemoration in Jakarta, 1952
De Nieuwsgier, 24 Apr 1952 (Aneta): a packed Jakarta hall marks Kartini Day, organised by women's and girls' associations including Gerwis and PPI, with the Indonesia Raya and Kartini songs, a minute's silence, a speech by Miss Ainun of Pemuda Puteri Indonesia and a handicraft exhibition. AURI wives held a separate commemoration.
De Nieuwsgier, 24 Apr 1952 (Aneta): aula Jakarta yang penuh memperingati Hari Kartini, diselenggarakan perkumpulan perempuan dan gadis termasuk Gerwis dan PPI, dengan lagu Indonesia Raya dan Lagu Kartini, mengheningkan cipta, pidato Nona Ainun dari Pemuda Puteri Indonesia dan pameran kerajinan. Persatuan istri AURI mengadakan peringatan terpisah.
“"...the Kartini commemoration evening, organised by various Djakarta women's and girls' associations, among them Gerwis and PPI."”
Java-Bode, 23 Apr 1952, p. 2: Kartini Day commemoration at a packed Garden Hall in Jakarta, organised by women's and girls' associations including Gerwis and PPI; Miss Ainun speaks. Also notes Kartini events at the AURI wives' association and in Bandung.
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Indische Courant voor Nederland, 30 Apr 1952, p. 2: report on Kartini Day commemorations in Jakarta, Bandung, The Hague and the US. At a packed Garden Hall meeting in Jakarta organised by women's and girls' associations including Gerwis and PPI, the audience sang the Kartini song and observed a minute's silence.
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De Locomotief, 20 Apr 1953, city news: Semarang prepares Kartini Day, with a committee of women's associations chaired by Mrs Surya Hadi (Perwari), including Mrs Sri Hudarijah of Gerwis. Programme includes a commemoration meeting, a krontjong evening, a cooking competition, a dolls' exhibition and a foundation for a ho
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Page of the Jakarta daily Harian Rakjat, 23 April 1952 (Kartini Day issue; OCR very noisy). It reports Hari Kartini commemorations in Jakarta (about 650 women at Garden Hall), in The Hague, where Ny. S. Sri Kusnapsiah spoke on Kartini's aims and thought, and in Semarang, Bogor and elsewhere, alongside Wilopo-cabinet an
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Ottawa Citizen, 22 April 1959, p.27: society-page report of a Kartini Day tea and sherry party given by Mrs. L. N. Palar, wife of Indonesia's minister to Canada, marking the birthday of Kartini (b. 21 April 1879), described as a nationalist and pioneer of the Indonesian women's movement and symbol of women's emancipati
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FBIS item (21 Apr 1953): the Jakarta Kartini Day committee closed the 1953 observance with a grand meeting at the State Palace; Mrs Sukarno said Kartini Day's essence is charity and self-improvement and that Indonesian women's supreme duty is to take part in the coming general elections. Background for official women's
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WIDF magazine 1958, one page carrying two pieces: a profile of R. A. Kartini for Indonesia's Kartini Day (born 1879, regent's daughter, quoted letters on education, polygamy and anti-colonial sympathy, died aged 25), and 'The Growing Family of the WIDF' on new affiliations (India, Japan, Sudan, Cameroons, Senegal, Ceyl
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Sulami's 33-page booklet (Cipta Lestari, March 2001) retelling Kartini's life as a socialist, anti-colonial genealogy for women, then tracing women's organisations and the 1965 destruction of Gerwani. A former Gerwani leader's historical-political reflection.
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