Letter from Emma Poeradiredja to Helen Fowler, 12 January 1957
Letter from Emma Poeradiredja (Bandung, 12 January 1957) to Helen Fowler, answering a request to describe Indonesian women's work. She explains the Kongres Wanita Indonesia umbrella, its three foundations, women's organisations by type (social, officials' wives, political), kindergartens, schools, cooperatives and the Bandung Women's Bank (1,200 members), and her planned US trip. Gerwani is not named.
Surat Emma Poeradiredja (Bandung, 12 Januari 1957) kepada Helen Fowler, menjawab permintaan menggambarkan kerja perempuan Indonesia. Ia menjelaskan payung Kongres Wanita Indonesia dan tiga yayasannya, organisasi perempuan menurut jenisnya (sosial, istri pejabat, politik), taman kanak-kanak, sekolah, koperasi dan Bank Wanita Bandung (1.200 anggota), serta rencana perjalanannya ke AS. Gerwani tidak disebut.
“p.1: 'There are many women-organisations in Indonesia... united in the Indonesian Women Conference (Kongres Wanita Indonesia).'”
Letter from Helen Fowler to Emma Poeradiredja dated 15 February 1957, handwritten; OCR is almost entirely unreadable, so the summary rests on the title. It appears to be a friendly reply to Poeradiredja's January 1957 letter about Indonesian women's work and her planned US visit. Gerwani is not evident.
shared: Emma Puradiredja, Helen Fowler, Bandung, United States
Two-page report submitted to the Asia Foundation in 1956 by Mrs Henry G. Fowler, chair of the American Committee of a women's group promoting US-Asian understanding through newsletters, UN reports, programmes and hospitality. Mentions an Asian-American discussion group including Indonesia and talks on Indonesian women'
shared: Helen Fowler, United States, USA and UK
Dagblad voor Noord-Limburg, 30 Mar 1957: Fatmawati, Sukarno's first wife, who left the palace after his 1954 marriage to Hartini 'to the great indignation of the Indonesian women's organisation', proposes in an open letter that a non-party woman form the new cabinet ('the fathers are not pure'). Page also covers anti-c
shared: Mohammad Hatta, Bandung, letter
State Department intelligence report (13 Oct 1959) on Indonesia's new governmental bodies under Guided Democracy: Cabinet, National Advisory Council, National Planning Council. Appendices list members with functional-group labels, including S.K. Trimurti (teachers), Umi Sardjono (women), Rasuna Said and Emma Puradiredj
shared: Emma Puradiredja
Compilation of US embassy Djakarta despatches (April 1960) giving biographical profiles of members of the Supreme Advisory Council and other leaders. Gerwani appears in the profile of PSII chairman Arudji Kartawinata, whose wife was a Gerwani member (1954) and praised China after a Nov 1959 Beijing visit; women members
shared: Emma Puradiredja
Renmin Ribao, 27 Sep 1956, p. 6: Song Qingling's report to the NPC Standing Committee on her ten-day visit to Indonesia (14-23 Aug 1956): Jakarta, Bogor, Bandung, Yogyakarta, Bali, with Sukarno, Hatta and overseas Chinese. She meets Kowani-led women's leaders in Jakarta (16 Aug) and answers questions on Chinese women's
shared: Indonesian Women's Congress, Mohammad Hatta, Bandung
Renmin Ribao, 27 Sep 1956, p. 6: Song Qingling's report to the NPC Standing Committee on her ten-day visit to Indonesia (14-23 Aug 1956): Jakarta, Bogor, Bandung, Yogyakarta, Bali, with Sukarno, Hatta and overseas Chinese. She meets Kowani-led women's leaders in Jakarta (16 Aug) and answers questions on Chinese women's
shared: Indonesian Women's Congress, Mohammad Hatta, Bandung
Willem Oltmans's 'Hollands Dagboek' in NRC Handelsblad (22 Sep 1973), entries 13-20 Sept. Covers his New Guinea/Luns campaign, Hatta, Pertamina corruption, Chile 1973 compared to Indonesia 1965 mass murder, and Nasution's letters about Aidit shared by Dewi Sukarno. Lists imprisoned Indonesian writers and journalists. N
shared: Mohammad Hatta, letter