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Letters Of A Javanese Princess
''Letters of a Javanese Princess'' (; 'Through darkness to light: Thoughts about and for the Javanese people'; Indonesian language, Indonesian/; 'After Darkness Comes Light') is a posthumous book of letters by the Dutch East Indies women's rights activist and intellectual Kartini. The letters, which were written in Dutch, reveal Kartini's views on society and modern life, and were collected by one of Kartini's correspondents and published in 1911. They have since been translated into a number of other languages, including an English language version in 1920 and a Malay language version published by Balai Pustaka in 1922. The book became an important symbol both for liberal Dutch colonial policy (the Dutch Ethical Policy) and for Indonesian nationalism. History Kartini (1879–1904) was the daughter of an aristocratic Javanese people, Javanese family from Jepara. Unusually for the time, she was schooled in the Dutch language and read, wrote and corresponded extensively as a youth l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kartini
Raden Adjeng Kartini, also known as Raden Ayu Kartini (21 April 1879 – 17 September 1904), was a prominent Indonesian advocate of women's rights and female education. She was born into an aristocratic Javanese people, Javanese family in the Dutch East Indies (present-day Indonesia). After attending a Dutch-language primary school, she wanted to pursue further education, but Javanese women at the time were barred from higher education. Instead, Kartini entered a period of seclusion mandated for teenage girls until they married. She acquired knowledge by reading books and by corresponding with Indonesian and Dutch people. Her father allowed her to go into the community beginning in 1896, although she remained an unmarried single woman. She met various officials and influential people, including J.H. Abendanon. She began the tradition amongst three of her sisters to found and operate schools. After she died, schools were established by a foundation founded in the Netherlands. S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
