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Biography of Mrs Mudigdio (Siti Aminah), Harian Rakjat 8 Sep 1955, in Monthly Indonesian Press Survey

Biography of Mrs Mudigdio (Siti Aminah), Harian Rakjat 8 Sep 1955, in US Monthly Indonesian Press Survey

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US State Department Monthly Indonesian Press Survey (HathiTrust, vol. no. 11-21), p. 40, translating Harian Rakjat's 8 Sep 1955 biographies of PKI parliamentary candidates. Mrs Mudigdio (Siti Aminah Nahsjam Marah Umar), born Medan 1904, active in women's organisations from age 14, in Pertindo 1931-34, MP since 1945, and defender of PKI functionaries in court. Also gives Djokosudjono's career. The page's second leaf is unrelated.

Monthly Indonesian Press Survey (Deplu AS, HathiTrust), hlm. 40, menerjemahkan biografi calon legislatif PKI dari Harian Rakjat 8 September 1955. Nyonya Mudigdio (Siti Aminah Nahsjam Marah Umar), lahir di Medan 1904, aktif di organisasi wanita sejak usia 14, di Pertindo 1931-34, anggota parlemen sejak 1945, dan pembela fungsionaris PKI di pengadilan. Memuat pula riwayat Djokosudjono. Lembar kedua tidak terkait.

“Since the age of 14, she has been active in various women's organizations. (p. 40)”

People

MudigdioDjokosudjonoAnwar Kadir

Organisations

Communist Party of IndonesiaPertindoAll-Indonesia Central Labour OrganisationHarian Rakjat

Places

MedanJakartaBlora

Events

1955 parliamentary election

Topics

elections and parliamentbiographyPKIwomen's rights and emancipation

Tags

translationprofileelection campaignwomen legislators

Details

Date
1955-09
Creator
US Department of State, Bureau of Intelligence and Research (External Research Division)
Publication
Monthly Indonesian Press Survey (quoting Harian Rakjat, 8 Sep 1955)
Document type
government record
Language
English
Perspective
Intelligence/diplomatic record
Source role
primary
Country
USA
Period
1955–1959
Source archive
HathiTrust full-view (full-text search, lmt=ft) · source link
Access
open access (HathiTrust full view, public domain) Freely viewable at source but reuse terms apply or are unrecorded: link to the source; host the file only after checking rights.
File
01 Primary Sources/1.6 US, British and Dutch Government Records/CIA, FRUS, JPRS and US reports (1949-1978) - items on Gerwani and members (CIA CREST, HathiTrust, Gale, DTIC)/Monthly Indonesian Press Survey (1955-09) - Biography of Mrs Mudigdio (Siti Aminah), Harian Rakjat 8 S [HathiTrust coo.31924079086488 seq 584-585].txt
OCR / text
Good · proof-reading: no (script-cleaned only) · translation: not needed
Collection
01 Primary Sources › 1.6 US, British and Dutch Government Records › CIA, FRUS, JPRS and US reports (1949-1978) - items on Gerwani and members (CIA CREST, HathiTrust, Gale, DTIC)
Summary basis
full text read (seq 584-585); Gerwani/Gerwis not named, link through Mudigdio per catalogue

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