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Harian Rakjat, 23 April 1952 (p. 4): Hari Kartini commemorations, Ny. Sri Kusnapsiah speaks

Harian Rakjat, 23 April 1952: Kartini Day commemorations, Mrs Sri Kusnapsiah speaks

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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 and May Day news. Gerwis appears once, among organisations in a Surakarta May Day delegation; Gerwani is not named.

Halaman harian Harian Rakjat, 23 April 1952 (edisi Hari Kartini; OCR sangat berderau). Memuat peringatan Hari Kartini di Jakarta (sekitar 650 perempuan di Garden Hall), di Den Haag, tempat Ny. S. Sri Kusnapsiah berbicara tentang maksud dan pemikiran Kartini, serta di Semarang, Bogor dan tempat lain, di samping berita kabinet Wilopo dan Hari Buruh. Gerwis hanya disebut sekali dalam delegasi Hari Buruh di Surakarta; Gerwani tidak disebut.

“Den Haag Kartini meeting: after the opening, 'Ny. S. Sri Kusnapsiah membentangkan tentang maksud dan fikiran Ibu Kartini' (p. 4); Surakarta May Day delegation of organisations incl. Gerwis, BTI, Pemuda Rakyat.”

People

Sri KusnapsijahKus Suhartini SetiadiR.A. KartiniNy. PugerWilopo

Organisations

Harian RakjatIndonesian Conscious Women's Movement (Gerwis)Women's Union of the Republic of IndonesiaAll-Indonesia Central Labour OrganisationIndonesian Peasants' FrontPeople's YouthCommunist Party of Indonesia

Places

JakartaThe HagueAmsterdamSemarangBogorSurakartaSurabayaNetherlands

Topics

women's rights and emancipationGerwisNetherlandspropaganda and mediaPKI

Tags

kartini daycommemorationmay day

Details

Date
1952-04-23
Creator
Harian Rakjat
Publication
Harian Rakjat
Document type
newspaper article (newspaper or periodical article/page)
Language
Indonesian
Perspective
Gerwani/PKI-aligned voice
Source role
primary
Country
Indonesia
Period
1950–1954
Source archive
Perpusnas Khastara (Harian Rakjat, catalog 485026) · source link
Access
open access (Khastara) Open access source: file can be shown on the website.
File
01 Primary Sources/1.5 Newspapers and Periodicals/Harian Rakjat (1952-1957) - issues naming Gerwis-Gerwani members (Perpusnas Khastara)/Harian Rakjat (1952-04-23) - Kartini commemoration, Nj. Sri Kusnapsiah speaks, p. 4 [Khastara 485026].pdf
OCR / text
Fair (0.867) · proof-reading: key passages (Claude, Oct 2026) · translation: not needed
Collection
01 Primary Sources › 1.5 Newspapers and Periodicals › Harian Rakjat (1952-1957) - issues naming Gerwis-Gerwani members (Perpusnas Khastara)
Summary basis
structured reading (introduction, chapter openings, conclusion and all Gerwani/women's-movement passages)

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