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Suara Tani, Januari 1959 (Nomor Istimewa 10 Tahun): Sambutan Gerwani dan kerja sama dengan BTI
Suara Tani, January 1959 (10th anniversary issue): Gerwani greeting and cooperation with BTI
Suara Tani (BTI organ), special 10th-anniversary issue, January 1959, OCR noisy. Contains greetings from ministers, army chief Nasution and Gerwani; BTI New Year message; agrarian seminar results; BTI membership table (3.39 million); exposés of landlord exploitation in Java. On p. 5 Gerwani's national leadership (claiming 650,000 members) pledges cooperation with BTI among peasant women, citing illiteracy, lack of midwives, unequal marriage rules and Sri Darningsih's rejected village-head candidacy.
Suara Tani (organ BTI), nomor istimewa 10 tahun, Januari 1959, OCR berisik. Memuat sambutan menteri, KSAD Nasution dan Gerwani; pesan tahun baru DPP BTI; hasil seminar agraria; tabel anggota BTI (3,39 juta); paparan penghisapan tuan tanah di Jawa. Di hlm. 5 DPP Gerwani (mengaku 650.000 anggota) berjanji bekerja sama dengan BTI di kalangan wanita tani, menyebut buta huruf, kurangnya bidan, aturan perkawinan tidak adil dan batalnya pengesahan Sri Darningsih sebagai lurah.
“p. 5, 'Sambutan Gerwani': DPP Gerwani with its 650,000 members must cooperate with BTI for peasant-women work; cites Sri Darningsih not confirmed as female village head, undemocratic marriage rules, illiteracy, too few village midwives.”
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- 1959-01
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- Suara Tani
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- Suara Tani
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- newspaper article (newspaper or periodical article/page)
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- Indonesian
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- Gerwani/PKI-aligned voice
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- primary
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- Indonesia
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- 1955–1959
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- Perpusnas Khastara (Suara Tani, catalog 2619271) · source link
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- 01 Primary Sources/1.5 Newspapers and Periodicals/Suluh Indonesia and Suara Tani (1957-1960) - Gerwani members and articles (Perpusnas Khastara)/Suara Tani (1959-01) - DPP Gerwani (650,000 members) greets BTI magazine, on cooperation with BTI among peasant women, p. 5 [Khastara 2619271].pdf
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- Fair (0.857) · proof-reading: key passages (Claude, Oct 2026) · translation: not needed
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- 01 Primary Sources › 1.5 Newspapers and Periodicals › Suluh Indonesia and Suara Tani (1957-1960) - Gerwani members and articles (Perpusnas Khastara)
- Summary basis
- full text read; OCR largely noisy (two-column scramble)
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