Biographic Data on Members of the Gotong Royong Parliament (US Embassy despatch, July 1960)
US State Department Central Files despatch from Embassy Djakarta (July 1960, chargé Rolland Buchner): biographic data, with alphabetical index, on about 110 former members of parliament appointed to the Gotong Royong parliament, grouped by party. Biographies of women MPs include Gerwani figures. Mrs Mudigdio (Gerwis/Gerwani central board, delegate to Kowani, Vienna peace congress, entry 105, p. 115); Suharti Suwarso (Gerwani Solo chair, first vice chair 1953, p. 109); Sunidari Abdulrachman (Gerwis Semarang 1950, Gerwani central board, p. 99).
Surat dinas Departemen Luar Negeri AS dari Kedubes Jakarta (Juli 1960, Rolland Buchner): data biografi beserta indeks abjad sekitar 110 mantan anggota parlemen yang diangkat ke DPR Gotong Royong, dikelompokkan menurut partai. Biografi anggota perempuan memuat tokoh Gerwani. Ibu Mudigdio (pengurus pusat Gerwis/Gerwani, delegasi Kowani, kongres perdamaian Wina, entri 105, hlm. 115); Suharti Suwarso (ketua Gerwani Solo, wakil ketua I 1953, hlm. 109); Sunidari Abdulrachman (Gerwis Semarang 1950, pengurus pusat Gerwani, hlm. 99).
“p. 109: Suharti Suwarso 'from 1951 ... joined Gerwani (formerly Gerwis), first as chairman of Solo branch, then Central Java Commissioner, later First Vice Chairman Gerwani Executive in 1953.'”
Algemeen Indisch Dagblad (1956-03-02, p. 2): list of PKI candidates by electoral district across East Java, Central Java, West Java, Greater Jakarta and Sumatra. It includes women: Umi Sardjono (Mrs. Sukisman), Suharti Suwarto (Solo), Mudigdio (Siti Aminah Mochsjam, Jakarta), Sundari Abdulrachman (Semarang), Salawati D
shared: D.N. Aidit, Salawati Daud, Mudigdio, Njoto
Government reference almanac issued by the Department of Information (Departemen Penerangan), June 1961, on the institutions of Guided Democracy: MPRS, DPR-GR, DPAS, Depernas, Bapekan, Front Nasional and recognised parties, with decrees, membership lists and party statutes. Gerwani appears only once, as the women's del
shared: Indonesian National Party, Gotong Royong House of Representatives, D.N. Aidit, Salawati Daud
English edition of Tempo's 'The Feminist in Two Councils' (4 Oct 2021, Hussein Abri) on Umi Sardjono as legislator (Constituent Assembly 1955, DPR-GR 1959-65). It covers her immigration reform, marriage-bill push (minimum age 21, ban on polygamy, Maisuri case, 115 harmful marriages) opposed by Kowani's Islamic groups,
shared: Indonesian Women's Congress, Gotong Royong House of Representatives, Salawati Daud, Mudigdio
Official institutional history, 'Seperempat Abad DPR RI', compiled by the DPR-GR Secretariat for the 25th anniversary in August 1970; it traces parliament from the KNIP to 1970 with membership rosters. For Gerwani it matters in the 1965-66 chapters: it records the NU demand (5 Oct 1965) to ban Gerwani, the 15 Oct 1965
shared: Gotong Royong House of Representatives, D.N. Aidit, Salawati Daud, Mudigdio
Tempo feature (2 Oct 2021, Hussein Abri and Stefanus Pramono) on Umi Sardjono's legislative career: Konstituante (1955) and DPR-GR (1959-65). She pushed immigration reform (no spousal permission), a marriage law banning polygamy with minimum age 21 (opposed by Aisyiyah, Muslimat NU), the 1960 agrarian law for women far
shared: Indonesian Women's Congress, Gotong Royong House of Representatives, Salawati Daud, Mudigdio
CIA intelligence survey of the PKI's history, structure and front organisations, May 1955, before the September 1955 elections. Section III.E (report pp. 49-50) profiles Gerwani: founded 1950 as Gerwis, renamed Gerwani at the March 1954 congress, 25,000+ members, S.K. Trimurti general chairman and Umi Sardjono chairman
shared: Indonesian Conscious Women's Movement (Gerwis), Indonesian National Party, D.N. Aidit, Salawati Daud
US Embassy Djakarta despatches, Oct 1961: transmittal of the July 1961 war-administrator regulation on international friendship societies, and the report 'Role of Women in Indonesia: Women's Organizations' with a memorandum of conversation with Maria Ulfah Santoso (8 March 1961) and biographic notes. It describes Gerwa
shared: Indonesian Women's Congress, US Embassy in Jakarta, D.N. Aidit, Mudigdio
US Monthly Indonesian Press Survey (1956) extracts. A list of PKI's 39 parliamentary seats includes Gerwani leaders (Umi Sardjono, Suharti Suwarto, Mudigdio, Sundari Abdurachman, Charlotte Salawati); notes the Central Sumatra Gerwani conference (Bukittinggi, Feb 1956; 14,000 members, 216 sections) and new branches in J
shared: Salawati Daud, Mudigdio, Suharti Suwarto, Sundari Abdulrachman