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Goor: Vrouwendelegatie bij Soekarno (page; item: Women's delegation with Sukarno)

Goor: women's delegation with Sukarno (page)

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Twentsch Dagblad Tubantia (20 Sep 1954), local page 'Goor' with a short item: a delegation of Indonesian women that met over Sukarno's marriage to Mrs Suwondo visited the president without public statements. Reports the divided Indonesian press and Suara Rakyat's lament. Other page items unrelated; Gerwani not named.

Twentsch Dagblad Tubantia (20 Sep 1954), halaman lokal 'Goor' dengan satu berita pendek: delegasi perempuan Indonesia yang bersidang soal pernikahan Sukarno dengan Ny. Suwondo mengunjungi presiden tanpa pernyataan. Dilaporkan pers Indonesia terbelah dan ratapan Suara Rakyat. Berita lain tak terkait; Gerwani tidak disebut.

“p.1: 'The delegation of Indonesian women ... paid a visit to the president today. No statements were made about what was discussed.'”

People

SukarnoHartini Sukarno

Organisations

Suara Rakjat

Places

JakartaSurabayaMalayaPhilippines

Events

Sukarno–Hartini marriage controversy

Topics

marriage law and polygamywomen's rights and emancipationpropaganda and media

Tags

hartini marriagedelegation abroadoff-topic item

Details

Date
1954-09-20
Creator
Twentsch Dagblad Tubantia
Publication
Twentsch Dagblad Tubantia
Document type
newspaper article (newspaper or periodical article/page (text transcription/OCR))
Language
Dutch
Perspective
Western mainstream press
Source role
primary
Country
Netherlands
Period
1950–1954
Source archive
Delpher (KB, Netherlands) · source link
Access
open access (Delpher) Open access source: file can be shown on the website.
File
01 Primary Sources/1.5 Newspapers and Periodicals/Dutch press (1945-2000) - articles on Gerwis, Gerwani and members (Delpher)/Twentsch Dagblad Tubantia (1954-09-20) - GOOR [Delpher MMHCO02-163749333-a00029].txt
OCR / text
Fair (0.861) · proof-reading: no (script-cleaned only) · translation: yes
Collection
01 Primary Sources › 1.5 Newspapers and Periodicals › Dutch press (1945-2000) - articles on Gerwis, Gerwani and members (Delpher)
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