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
Adapted from www.recount.peperonity.com