Potret gerakan perempuan pada abad ke 20 di Batavia: Poetri Mardika 1912

Abstract

Women’s movements emerged in various parts of the world, including Indonesia. The women’s movement existed because of the desire to make changes in women lives who are always portrayed in an oppressed position. This article discussed the women’s movement in the early 20th century, which focused on improving social position as women in all aspects such as marriage and family, especially in the education aspect. The women’s movement discussed in this article is the Poetri Mardika organization, the first organization existed in Batavia in 1912. This article analyzes how the women’s movement emerged and what factors made women struggle to strengthen change, this was done using historical methods of analysis. This article found that the Poetri Mardika organization came from the idea that it was present in fighting for women’s rights that was very important.