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Soal B. Inggris
Soal B. Inggris
Soal B. Inggris
B. Essay
R. A. KARTINI
RADEN Adjeng Kartini was born to a noble family on April 21, 1879, in the villGE OF Mayong, Java,
Indonesian. Kartini’s mother, Ngasirah, was the daughther of a religious scholar. Her father, Sosroningrat, was a
Javanese aristoracrat working for the Ducth colonial government. This afforded Kartini the opportunity to go to a
Dutch school, at the age of 6. The school opened her eyes to Western ideals. During this time, Kartini also took
sewing lessons from another regent’s wife, Mrs. Marie Ovink-Soer. Ovink-Soer imparted her feminist views to
Kartini, and was therefore instrumental in planting the seed for Kartini’s later activism.
Struggling to adapt to isolation, Kartini wrote letters to Ovink-Soer and her Dutch school mates, protesting
the gender inequality of Javanese traditions such as forced marriages at young age, which is denied women the
freedom to pursue an education.
Ironically, in her eagerness to escape her isolation, Kartini was quick to accept a marriage proposal
arranged by her father. On November 8, 1903, she wed the regent of rembang, Raden Adipati Joyodiningrat was 26
years older than Kartini, and already had three wives an 12 children. Kartini had recently been offered a scholarship
to study aboard, and the marriage dashed her hopes of accepting it. According to Javanese tradition, at 24 she was
too old to except to marry well.
On September 17, 1904, at the age of 25, Kartini died in the regency of Rembang, Java, of complications
from giving brith to her first child. Seven years after the death, one of her correspondents, Jacques H. Abendanon,
published a collection of kartini’s letters, entitled “From darkness to Light: Thoughts About ad on Behalf of the
Javanese People.”In Indonesia, Kartini Day is still celebrated annually on Kartini’s birthday.
“ GOOD LUCK”