Raden Adjeng Kartini is a Javanese noblewoman and is best known as a pioneer in the area of women’s rights for native Indonesians.
Raden Adjeng Kartini was born on April 21, 1879, in Mayong, Indonesia. In 1903, she opened the first Indonesian primary school for native girls that did not discriminate based on social standing. She corresponded with Dutch colonial officials to further the cause of Javanese women’s emancipation up until her death, on September 17, 1904, in Rembang Regency, Java. In 1911, her letters were published.
On November 8, 1903, she wed the regent of Rembang, Raden Adipati Joyodiningrat. With help from the Dutch government and her husband, in 1903 she opened the first Indonesian primary school for native girls that did not discriminate on the basis of their social status.
On September 17, 1904, at the age of 25, Kartini died in the regency of Rembang, Java, of complications from giving birth to her first child. Seven years after her death, one of her correspondents, Jacques H. Abendanon, published a collection of Kartini’s letters, entitled “From Darkness to Light: Thoughts About and on Behalf of the Javanese People.” In Indonesia, Kartini Day is still celebrated annually on Kartini’s birthday.
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