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Izvestiia, 11 June 1953, p. 3: At the World Congress of Women (Copenhagen)

Izvestiia, 11 Jun 1953: at the World Congress of Women, Copenhagen

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Izvestiia, 11 Jun 1953, p. 3. TASS and correspondent reports from the Copenhagen World Congress of Women. Indonesian women's moment: a Dutch delegate greeted Indonesian women, and Mrs Van Staveren, whose son refused to fight in Indonesia and was jailed for seven years, handed his portrait to Indonesian delegate Surasto (Setiati Surasto), to a standing ovation.

Izvestiia, 11 Jun 1953, hlm. 3. Laporan TASS dan koresponden dari Kongres Perempuan Sedunia di Kopenhagen. Momen perempuan Indonesia: delegasi Belanda menyapa perempuan Indonesia, dan Ny. Van Staveren, yang putranya menolak berperang di Indonesia dan dipenjara tujuh tahun, menyerahkan potret putranya kepada delegasi Indonesia Surasto (Setiati Surasto), disambut tepuk tangan berdiri.

“Kissing her son's portrait, Van Staveren handed it to the Indonesian delegate Surasto [Soerasto]. The hall applauded standing (translation)”

People

Setiati SurastoVan StaverenDe BlokkerEugénie CottonIsabelle Blume

Organisations

Women's International Democratic Federation

Places

CopenhagenIndonesiaNetherlands

Events

WIDF World Congress of Women, Copenhagen

Topics

WIDF and international women's movementNetherlandspeace and anti-imperialismcongresses and meetings

Tags

wire report

Details

Date
1953-06-11
Creator
Izvestiia
Publication
Izvestiia
Document type
newspaper article (newspaper or periodical article/page)
Language
Russian
Perspective
Socialist-bloc/solidarity press
Source role
primary
Country
USSR
Period
1950–1954
Source archive
East View / Infoteka (Columbia): Izvestiia · source link
Access
library-licensed (Columbia University Libraries); personal research copy Library-licensed or subscription copy: show metadata and summary only; link to the source.
File
01 Primary Sources/1.5 Newspapers and Periodicals/Soviet and East European press (1946-1990) - Pravda, Izvestiia, Soviet Woman, Hungarian papers (East View, archive.org, Hungaricana)/Izvestiia (1953-06-11) - p. 3 [East View 25704734].pdf
OCR / text
Fair (0.77) · proof-reading: key passages (Claude, Oct 2026) · translation: yes
Collection
01 Primary Sources › 1.5 Newspapers and Periodicals › Soviet and East European press (1946-1990) - Pravda, Izvestiia, Soviet Woman, Hungarian papers (East View, archive.org, Hungaricana)
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