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President Sukarno Gave Her a Name (WIDF, 1957)

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Short 1957 WIDF magazine item: President Sukarno, visiting Tashkent, was asked by the Urazayev family to name their newborn daughter and chose 'Youldous Sukharno' ('little star'), symbolising Soviet-Indonesian friendship. Gerwani is not mentioned; it illustrates Sukarno's 1956-57 Soviet bloc visits and friendship propaganda.

Butir pendek majalah WIDF 1957: Presiden Sukarno yang berkunjung ke Tashkent diminta keluarga Urazayev menamai putri mereka yang baru lahir dan memilih 'Youldous Sukharno' ('bintang kecil'), simbol persahabatan Soviet-Indonesia. Gerwani tidak disebut; menggambarkan kunjungan Sukarno ke blok Soviet dan propaganda persahabatan.

“Sukarno replied: 'I take pleasure in giving her the name of Youldous Sukharno.' (p. 18)”

People

SukarnoYouldous Sukharno

Places

TashkentUzbekistanIndonesiaSoviet Union

Topics

USSR and Eastern Europepropaganda and media

Tags

friendship associationsfeature article

Details

Date
1957
Creator
WIDF
Publication
WIDF
Document type
periodical article (WIDF / international women's movement record)
Language
English
Perspective
Socialist-bloc/solidarity press
Source role
primary
Country
International (WIDF)
Period
1955–1959
Source archive
Alexander Street - Women and Social Movements (WASI / Modern Empires WASG) via Columbia proxy · source link
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01 Primary Sources/1.11 WIDF and International Women's Movement Records/Women of the Whole World and WIDF Bulletin (1947-1965) - articles on Indonesia and Gerwani (Alexander Street WASI)/WIDF (1957) - President Sukarno Gave Her a Name [WASI].pdf
OCR / text
Good (0.925) · proof-reading: no (script-cleaned only) · translation: not needed
Collection
01 Primary Sources › 1.11 WIDF and International Women's Movement Records › Women of the Whole World and WIDF Bulletin (1947-1965) - articles on Indonesia and Gerwani (Alexander Street WASI)
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