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Kartini, Jangan Biarkan Padam (Sulami, 2001)

Kartini, Do Not Let It Go Out (Sulami, 2001)

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Sulami's 33-page booklet (Cipta Lestari, March 2001) retelling Kartini's life as a socialist, anti-colonial genealogy for women, then tracing women's organisations and the 1965 destruction of Gerwani. A former Gerwani leader's historical-political reflection.

Buklet 33 halaman Sulami (Cipta Lestari, Maret 2001) yang menceritakan Kartini sebagai genealogi sosialis dan antikolonial bagi perempuan, lalu menelusuri organisasi perempuan dan penghancuran Gerwani 1965. Refleksi sejarah-politik mantan pimpinan Gerwani.

People

SulamiR.A. KartiniAugust BebelSaskia Wieringa

Organisations

Indonesian Women's Movement (Gerwani)Indonesian Conscious Women's Movement (Gerwis)Women's International Democratic FederationFoundation for Research on the Victims of the 1965–66 KillingsTjut Nyak Dien Foundation

Places

East Berlin

Topics

biographywomen's rights and emancipationGerwani organisationmemory, testimony and justicehistoriography

Details

Date
2001
Creator
Sulami
Document type
memoir/testimony (short booklet (political essay and survivor testimony, first volume of the Seri Kartini))
Language
Indonesian
Perspective
Testimony/memoir
Source role
primary
Country
Indonesia
Period
1999–present
Access
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Citation (APA)
Sulami. (2001). Raden Ajeng Kartini: Jangan biarkan padam [Raden Ajeng Kartini: Do not let it go out] (Seri Kartini [Kartini Series]). Cipta Lestari.
File
01 Primary Sources/1.8 Testimonies, Memoirs and Human Rights Reports/Sulami (2001a) - Kartini, Jangan Biarkan Padam.pdf
OCR / text
Good (0.945) · proof-reading: no (script-cleaned only) · translation: not needed
Collection
01 Primary Sources › 1.8 Testimonies, Memoirs and Human Rights Reports
Summary basis
condensed from full annotation

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