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Umi Sardjono, Feminis Marxis yang Menakhodai Gerwani (Rahayu, IndoPROGRESS, 2017)

Umi Sardjono, the Marxist feminist who steered Gerwani (Rahayu, 2017)

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Ruth Indiah Rahayu's 2017 biographical portrait of Umi Sardjono (1923-2011), Gerwani chair, from Umi's own stories told 2004-09; opens with the film's Jamilah, whom Umi met in detention and apologised to. Intimate life history of a Gerwani leader.

Potret biografis Ruth Indiah Rahayu 2017 tentang Umi Sardjono (1923-2011), ketua Gerwani, dari cerita Umi sendiri 2004-09; dibuka dengan Jamilah dalam film, yang Umi temui di tahanan dan dimintai maaf. Riwayat hidup intim pimpinan Gerwani.

People

Umi SardjonoRuth Indiah RahayuDjamilahRuslan Sumodiwirjo

Organisations

Indonesian Women's Movement (Gerwani)

Places

SalatigaIndonesia

Events

Army press sexual slander campaign against Gerwani

Topics

biographyGerwani organisationLubang Buaya and sexual slanderarrests and detentionwomen's rights and emancipation

Tags

feminism

Details

Date
2017
Creator
Rahayu
Document type
web article (biographical web essay based on the author's conversations with Umi Sardjono (2004 to 2009), with footnotes)
Language
Indonesian
Perspective
Journalism/commentary (post-1998)
Source role
secondary
Country
Indonesia
Period
1999–present
Source archive
IndoPROGRESS · source link
Access
IndoPROGRESS (open access), https://indoprogress.com/2017/02/umi-sardjono-feminis-marxis-yang-menakhodai-gerwani/ ; published 16 February 2017 (rubric referred to in a later essay as 'Rubrik UMI'); retrieved 2026-10-13 and saved as plain text. Open access source: file can be shown on the website.
Citation (APA)
Rahayu, R. I. (2017, February 16). Umi Sardjono: Feminis Marxis yang menakhodai Gerwani [Umi Sardjono: The Marxist feminist who steered Gerwani]. IndoPROGRESS. https://indoprogress.com/2017/02/umi-sardjono-feminis-marxis-yang-menakhodai-gerwani/
File
02 Secondary Sources/2.5 Journalism, Web Essays and Reference/Rahayu (2017) - Umi Sardjono, Feminis Marxis yang Menakhodai Gerwani (IndoPROGRESS).txt
OCR / text
Good (0.959) · proof-reading: no (script-cleaned only) · translation: not needed
Collection
02 Secondary Sources › 2.5 Journalism, Web Essays and Reference
Summary basis
condensed from full annotation

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