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 | | Kartini was a daughter of the Javanese aristocracy, the priyayi. |
 | | Born in 1879, she spent most of her life in Japara, where her father was bupati or regent.7 As a child, Kartini benefited from her father's status and progressive views toward education when she was enrolled in the local Dutch primary school, along with her brothers and sisters. |
 | | Abendanon, in his book about the education of 'native girls', made reference to her: There are in Java and elsewhere in the archipelago a few schools founded by Indonesian girls, who tired of waiting any longer, took action which one cannot appreciate enough when one realizes that... |
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