Identity area
Reference code
ID 15032 ID-ANRI Kartini
Title
The Kartini Letters and Archive: the struggle for gender equality
Date(s)
- 1879 - 1904 (Creation)
Level of description
Collection
Extent and medium
Context area
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
The documents in these collections form an integral basis for understanding the life and ideas of Raden Ajeng Kartini (1879-1904). Kartini's letters, which are kept in Dutch institutions, represent the source and foundation of her ideas, while the impact of those letters on education, emancipation and the struggle for gender equality can be found in the Kartini archive in Indonesia.
Already during her short lifetime until the present day, Kartini has been a major inspirational force in Indonesian and international debates on education, feminism, and gender equality