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R.A. UNIQUE
KARTINI FACT
CENTRAL JAVA
Raden Ajeng Kartini, the daughter of R.A, Kartini was a female
the Regent of Jepara and a pioneer of emancipation figure who pioneered
Indonesian women's emancipation, the establishment of women's
was born on April 21, 1879 in Jepara, schools initially in her own home.
Central Java. Because of her passion for reading books and Later, similar schools with the name
magazines, her mind became wide open. Although she only of Sekolah Kartini also sprung up in
graduated from elementary school, during her pingitan period (a Semarang, Surabaya, Yogyakarta,
customary tradition, before marriage) her mind was still far Malang, Madiun, Cirebon, etc.
ahead to advance Indonesian women through education. Kartini's letters were collected in a
Therefore, Kartini established a school for girls in Jepara book entitled “Door Duistermis tot
Regency. Licht” (Out of Darkness Comes
Light).
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