Emancipation of women is an attempt
being made to fight for the rights and equality of women. On April 21, 1879 was
born a woman named Raden Kartini Ajeng. She was a fighter in the crusade for Indonesian
women's emancipation. Kartini tried to make successful the efforts towards the emancipation
of women. But to fight for the emancipation of women is not easy, and Kartini
saw that the woman of the time was not able to obtain the education and had a
low social status. She wanted to create more advanced and intelligent woman in
achieving they dream. At that time, Kartini was educating herself by reading
books. After collecting and reading books for a long time, she finally made room to
educate her friends in her garden. At She taught her friends reading and writing.
At 24, she was betrothed by her
parents. Kartini was accepted by one of the universities she applied to, but she
left it to marry the man of her parents’ choice. When Kartini could not do
anything, she corresponded with her friends and with their pen pals in European
countries. She would swap stories with her friends. She would tell them of
gender inequality in her country, and from that moment a collection of letters that
she and her friend sent to each other was made into a book, called
"Habis
Gelap Terbitlah Terang " which in English means “After The Darkness There
Will be a Light“.Kartini died on 17 September 1904 and since that time in
Indonesia, her birth date has been remembered as Kartini Day. She was remembered
as the mother of women's emancipation in Indonesia, and she remains a role
model who made real the dream that women can lead happy lives and enjoy gender equality
in Indonesia.
By Bella Nabilla
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