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Surabaya Post, 15 Februari 1957, hlm. 2: panitia Hari Wanita Internasional Surabaya

Surabaya Post, 15 February 1957, p. 2: Surabaya International Women's Day committee

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Surabaya Post p. 2, 15 February 1957: brief reporting that the Surabaya women's organisation federation formed a committee, chaired by Gerwani, to celebrate International Women's Day, with other left and nationalist women's groups as officers. Evidence of Gerwani's leading role in local women's coalitions.

Surabaya Post hlm. 2, 15 Februari 1957: berita singkat bahwa gabungan organisasi wanita Surabaya membentuk panitia peringatan Hari Wanita Internasional yang diketuai Gerwani, dengan organisasi perempuan lain sebagai pengurus. Bukti peran pimpinan Gerwani dalam koalisi perempuan lokal.

Organisations

Indonesian Women's Movement (Gerwani)Federation of Surabaya Women's OrganisationsDemocratic Women (PNI women's wing)Wanita Darma Rakjat

Places

Surabaya

Topics

Gerwani organisationcongresses and meetingswomen's rights and emancipationWIDF and international women's movement

Tags

international women's daywomen's movement unity

Details

Date
1957-02-15
Creator
Surabaya Post
Publication
Surabaya Post
Document type
newspaper article (Newspaper page (Surabaya daily), single page image)
Language
Indonesian (old spelling)
Perspective
Indonesian mainstream/other press
Source role
primary
Country
Indonesia
Period
1955–1959
Source archive
Monumen Pers Nasional SIDAK · source link
Access
Monumen Pers Nasional SIDAK digital newspaper collection (free; CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 per site), record 190433 in file name; downloaded 2026-10-15/16 via the Claude desktop browser. Freely viewable at source but reuse terms apply or are unrecorded: link to the source; host the file only after checking rights.
Citation (APA)
Surabaya Post. (1957, February 15). [Page 2]. Surabaya Post, 2.
File
01 Primary Sources/1.5 Newspapers and Periodicals/Surabaya Post (1957) - pages mentioning Gerwani (MPN SIDAK)/Surabaya Post (1957-02-15) - p. 02, Gerwani hit [MPN SIDAK 190433].jpg
OCR / text
Fair (0.812) · proof-reading: whole text (Claude, Oct 2026) · translation: not needed
Collection
01 Primary Sources › 1.5 Newspapers and Periodicals › Surabaya Post (1957) - pages mentioning Gerwani (MPN SIDAK)
Summary basis
condensed from full annotation

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