Dewi Sartika (4 December 1884 – 11 September 1947) was the leading figure and pioneer for the education for women in Indonesia. She founded the first school for women in Dutch East Indies. She was acknowledged as a National Hero by the Indonesian government in 1966.
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Biography
Dewi Sartika was born into a Sundanese patrician, R. Rangga Somanegara and R. A. Rajapermas in Cicalengka, on 4 December 1884.[1][2] As a child, after school she often pretended to be a teacher while playing with her friends.[1][3]
After her father died, she lived with her uncle. She got education of
Sundanese culture from her uncle. Also she got Western culture from a
wife of resident assistant.[4] In 1899, she moved to Bandung.[3]
On 16 January 1904, she founded a school named Sekolah Isteri at
Bandung Regency's Pendopo and later moved to Jalan Ciguriang and the
school name changed to Sekolah Kaoetamaan Isteri (Wife Eminency School)
in 1910.[5][6]
In 1912, there are nine Sekolah Kaoetamaan Isteri in cities or
regencies in West Java (half of the cities and regencies), and in 1920
all of cities and regencies has one school.[4] In September 1929, her school changed its name to Sekolah Raden Dewi.[4]
She died on 11 September 1947 in Cineam, Tasikmalaya while she was evacuating from Bandung due to independence war.[4][7]
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