The school was set apart for Dutch people and Javanese nobility. Kartini’s father was a little modern in allowing her to go to a Dutch elementary school with her brothers. She earned the endearment of “little bird” because of her constant movement. As a carefree child, she always climbed trees and could not sit still. She opened the first Indonesian women school and campaigned for Indonesia’s independence from Dutch occupation, thus becoming a national hero.īorn on 21 April 1879, Raden Ajeng Kartini was a princess of Javanese nobility. She heralded women’s emancipation she fought for equal rights to education regardless of gender and status. Raden Ajeng Kartini is a hero in every sense of the word. From the Darkness of Ignorance to the Light of Education
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