Nyai Ahmad Dahlan
Personal
Other names: Siti Walidah
Job / Known for: First female Indonesian journalist
Left traces: Educational society for women and schools
Born
Date: 1872-12-20
Location: ID Kauman, Yogyakarta, Dutch East Indies
Died
Date: 1946-05-31 (aged 74)
Resting place: ID Great Mosque of Kauman, Yogyakarta
Death Cause: Illness
Family
Spouse: Ahmad Dahlan
Children: Six children
Parent(s): Kyai Haji Muhammad Fadli and Siti Aisyah
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Nyai Ahmad Dahlan was a pioneer of women's emancipation and journalism in Indonesia. She was born in a village in West Sumatra in 1872, where she learned to read and write in Arabic, Jawi, and Latin scripts from her father and neighbors. She was interested in teaching girls and women skills beyond their household duties, such as crafts, reading, and writing. She married Ahmad Dahlan, a notary public and the founder of Muhammadiyah, in 1908, who supported her efforts in education and journalism. She started writing for Poetri Indonesia, a women's newspaper published by Tirto Adhi Soerjo, another national hero and the father of Indonesian journalism, in 1908. After Poetri Indonesia was banned by the Dutch colonial government, she founded Soenting Melajoe, a weekly newspaper for women and edited by women, in 1912. She served as the chief editor until 1920 and continued to write for various publications until the 1940s. She also established two private schools for girls: Kerajinan Amai Setia in Koto Gadang in 1911 and the Roehana School in Bukittinggi in 1916. She advocated for girls' schooling, women's rights, and social justice in her writings and activities. She was recognized as a national hero by President Joko Widodo in 2019. She died in Jakarta in 1946 due to illness and was buried at the Great Mosque of Kauman.
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