Indonesia commemorates Kartini's birthday
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.
Indische Courant voor Nederland, 30 Apr 1952, hlm. 2: laporan peringatan Hari Kartini di Jakarta, Bandung, Den Haag dan AS. Di Garden Hall Jakarta yang penuh, dalam acara organisasi wanita dan gadis termasuk Gerwis dan PPI, hadirin menyanyikan lagu Kartini dan mengheningkan cipta.
“Gerwis is named among the women's and girls' associations that organised the Garden Hall Kartini commemoration (p.2)”
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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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 com
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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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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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NAACP Papers, Part 14 (ProQuest): Indonesia file, January 1948 to May 1949. It holds the Action Conference on Indonesia (New York, 6 Dec 1947) papers, Walter White's cable to Nehru, Dutch Joint Action of Netherlands Women appeals on Dutch detainees and alleged forced concubinage in Republican territory, legal memoranda
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Algemeen Indisch Dagblad (1953-08-14, p. 2): programme and committee for a sober 17 August celebration in Bandung (no slogans, only the Red-White flag), plus a sports programme. The committee's women treasurers include Mrs. Tata of Gerwis alongside Perwari and Parkiwa; PNI, Masyumi and PKI chair it. Much of the text is
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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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