SOCIAL ACTIVIST

Dewi Sartika

1884 - 1947

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Dewi Sartika (4 December 1884 – 11 September 1947) was an advocate for and pioneer of education for women in Indonesia. She founded the first school for women in the Dutch East Indies. She was honoured as a National Hero of Indonesia in 1966. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Dewi Sartika is the 477th most popular social activist (down from 465th in 2019), the 60th most popular biography from Indonesia (down from 55th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Indonesian Social Activist.

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Dewi Sartika ranks 477 out of 840Before her are William Lloyd Garrison, Rajendra K. Pachauri, Donald Watson, Ahmed Lutfi el-Sayed, Sugathakumari, and Pretty Boy Floyd. After her are Nelly Diener, Tarana Burke, Entisar Elsaeed, Lev Chernyi, Helene Stöcker, and Gabrielle Petit.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1884, Dewi Sartika ranks 178Before her are Dobri Bozhilov, Fritz Noether, Yrjö Saarela, Ture Rangström, Jean-Richard Bloch, and Andrés Martínez Trueba. After her are Ludwik Hirszfeld, A. Merritt, Vadym Meller, Georg Zacharias, Louis Abell, and József Rády. Among people deceased in 1947, Dewi Sartika ranks 163Before her are Martin Mutschmann, Georg Schnéevoigt, Phraya Phahonphonphayuhasena, Ture Rangström, Albert Bruce Jackson, and Jean-Richard Bloch. After her are Joseph Cook, Yngvar Bryn, Wilhelm Heye, Harry Carey, Tefta Tashko-Koço, and Gilbert Bougnol.

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In Indonesia

Among people born in Indonesia, Dewi Sartika ranks 60 out of 158Before her are Willem Jacob Luyten (1899), D. N. Aidit (1923), Wage Rudolf Supratman (1903), Boediono (1943), Chrisye (1949), and Sudirman (1916). After her are Nh. Dini (1936), Rhoma Irama (1946), Beb Bakhuys (1909), Henk Badings (1907), Eetje Sol (1881), and Hamengkubuwono X (1946).

Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In Indonesia

Among social activists born in Indonesia, Dewi Sartika ranks 4Before her are Kartini (1879), Cut Nyak Dhien (1850), and Pattimura (1783). After her are Teuku Umar (1854), Siti Musdah Mulia (1958), and Aleta Baun (1966).