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Harian Rakjat, 22 Mei 1955, hlm. 3: halaman khusus HUT ke-35 PKI

Harian Rakjat, 22 May 1955, p. 3: special page for PKI's 35th anniversary

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Harian Rakjat, 22 Mei 1955, hlm. 3: halaman khusus HUT ke-35 PKI. Special anniversary page including 'What non-party PKI candidates say': three women candidates on the PKI list for the 1955 election, with 'Emansipasi bagi kaum wanita, kata Setiati Surasto'.

Harian Rakjat, 22 Mei 1955, hlm. 3: halaman khusus HUT ke-35 PKI. Halaman khusus HUT ke-35 PKI termasuk 'Apa kata calon-calon PKI dari orang-orang tak berpartai': tiga perempuan calon dalam daftar PKI pemilu 1955, dengan 'Emansipasi bagi kaum wanita, kata Setiati Surasto'.

People

Setiati SurastoSusuhunan HamzahIramani

Organisations

Communist Party of Indonesia

Places

Jakarta

Events

1955 parliamentary election

Topics

elections and parliamentPKIwomen's rights and emancipationbiography

Tags

anniversary celebrationelection campaign

Details

Date
1955-05-22
Creator
Harian Rakjat
Publication
Harian Rakjat
Document type
newspaper article (newspaper inside page (PKI daily Harian Rakjat, Sunday edition, Halaman III; special anniversary page with essay, reprinted 1948 article, poem, greetings, election report, photographs))
Language
Indonesian (old spelling)
Perspective
Gerwani/PKI-aligned voice
Source role
primary
Country
Indonesia
Period
1955–1959
Access
From the archive.org compilation 'Harian Rakjat Tahun 1955' (digitised microfilm of the Cornell University Library run; this page carries a Cornell receipt stamp of 27 July 1955), open access; downloaded to Nath's Gerwani folder; retrieval date 2026-10-13. Exact archive.org item identifier not recorded in the file; verify. Open access source: file can be shown on the website.
Citation (APA)
Harian Rakjat. (1955, May 22). [Page III: Iramani, 35 tahun berdjuang setjara ilmu menudju Indonesia demokrasi rakjat; Program PKI satu2nja djalan keluar dari krisis ekonomi, kata Mr. Susuhunan Hamzah / Emansipasi bagi kaum wanita, kata Setiati Surasto; Musso, Kepada kawan-kawan Komunis Indonesia; and other items]. Harian Rakjat, 5, p. III. [Cornell University Library copy, digitised; archive.org compilation]
File
01 Primary Sources/1.5 Newspapers and Periodicals/Harian Rakjat (1955) - Harian Rakjat Tahun 1955 (archive.org compilation)/Harian Rakjat (1955-05-22) - p. 3 [archive.org].pdf
OCR / text
Fair (0.823) · proof-reading: whole text (Claude, Oct 2026) · translation: not needed
Collection
01 Primary Sources › 1.5 Newspapers and Periodicals › Harian Rakjat (1955) - Harian Rakjat Tahun 1955 (archive.org compilation)
Summary basis
condensed from full annotation

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