About R A kartini

     every april 21 people in indonesia commemorate the kartini day. it is beautiful day for the woman because we celebrate the birth of great lady ra. kartini. everyone knows who kartini is. she is our national heroine and a great lady with the bright idea

     kartini was born in 1879 april 21 in mayong jepara. her father was rmaa. sosroningrat wedana (assistant of head of regency) in mayong. her mother, ma ngasirah was a girl from teluk awur village in jepara as the daughter of a noble family, she felt luck because she got more than the ordinary people got. she got better education than other children

  in november 12 1903 she married adipati djoyodiningrat, the head of rembang regency. according to javanese tradition kartini had to follow her husband. then she moved to rembang. in september 13 1904 she gave a birth to her son. his name was singgih. but after giving birth to a son, her condition was getting worse and she finally passed away on september 17 1904 on her 25 years old

now kartini has gone. but her spirit and dream will always be in our heart. nowadays indonesian women progress is influenced by kartini's spirit stated on collection of letter “habis gelap terbitlah terang” from the dusk to the dawn

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