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Hula Hoops 'Improper' (Evening Post, 3 April 1959)

Hula hoops 'improper' (Evening Post, 3 April 1959), article clipping

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Article-body clipping from the Evening Post, 3 April 1959: the Indonesian Women's Movement urged Indonesia's government to ban hula hoops as contrary to Eastern ethics and harmful to mental health, as reported by UPI from Jakarta, alongside a Surabaya military warning on decency.

Kliping isi artikel Evening Post, 3 April 1959: Gerakan Wanita Indonesia mendesak pemerintah melarang hula hoop karena bertentangan dengan etika Timur dan merusak kesehatan jiwa, dilaporkan UPI dari Jakarta, bersama peringatan militer Surabaya soal kesopanan.

“The Indonesian Women's Movement 'urged the Indonesian Government to ban hula hoops because they were not consistent with Eastern ethics and were undermining mental health.'”

Organisations

Indonesian Women's Movement (Gerwani)United Press InternationalIndonesian Army

Places

JakartaSurabayaNew YorkIndonesia

Topics

women's rights and emancipationpropaganda and mediaGerwani organisation

Tags

morality campaignswire report

Details

Date
1959-04-03
Creator
Evening Post
Publication
Evening Post
Document type
newspaper article (newspaper or periodical article/page)
Language
English
Perspective
Western mainstream press
Source role
primary
Country
New Zealand
Period
1955–1959
Source archive
Papers Past (NZ) · source link
Access
open access (Papers Past, National Library of NZ) Open access source: file can be shown on the website.
File
01 Primary Sources/1.5 Newspapers and Periodicals/New Zealand press (1959-1966) - articles on Gerwani (Papers Past)/Evening Post (1959-04-03) - Hula hoops improper (Indonesian Women's Movement urges ban), area 2 [PapersPast EP19590403.2.76].gif
OCR / text
Good (0.918) · proof-reading: no (script-cleaned only) · translation: not needed
Collection
01 Primary Sources › 1.5 Newspapers and Periodicals › New Zealand press (1959-1966) - articles on Gerwani (Papers Past)
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