Dewi Sartika
Raden Dewi Sartika Dewi Sartika was born on Bandung, 4 December 1884 and died in Tasikmalaya, 11 September 1947. She was a pioneering figure for women's education in Indonesia, especially in West Java. Her father, Raden Somanagara, was a freedom fighter . Her father was discarded on the island of Ternate by the Dutch government and had died in there. When Dewi Sartika was studying in Elementary School Cicalengka, she had been showing an interest in education. B ecause since childhood, she had been pleased to portray the behavior of a teacher . For example, usually after school, she always play " sekolah-sekolahan " with her girl friends and sh e was very pleased to play a role as a teacher. When her age was only ten years old , Cicalengka was shocked by literacy and a few words in Dutch demonstrated by some children maid. Uproar, because at the time there were a lot of children (especially rabble children) that had such capabilities, and they were...