Raden Ajeng Kartini

Raden Ajeng Kartini was born on 21 April 1879 into a family of the Javanese aristocracy, the daughter of Sosroningrat, regent of Jepara. A pupil at a European school until the age of twelve, she was then kept secluded at home, following the custom that prepared young noble girls for marriage, and she read and corresponded in Dutch. Married in 1903 to the regent of Rembang, who already had three wives, on condition that she could teach and open a school, she died in Rembang on 17 September 1904, at the age of twenty-five.

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• NarrativeLetters of a Javanese PrincessDoor duisternis tot lichtRaden Ajeng Kartini · 1911Literature