Inspirational Person
Inspirational Person R. A. Kartini R.A. Kartini was a powerful and beautiful woman outside but a patriot inside. She used to be what every woman would dream of being, but still she saw through it all and fought for what she believed every woman, as well as every man could get, could be. There is so much of her to inspire any woman; her vision, her bravery and courage, her drive and also will power, which eventually brings us Indonesian women to be what we are now. Raden Ayu Kartini was born from the Regency Chief of Jepara and one of his wives when Indonesia was still under the Dutch colony. At this time, polygamy was still a common and legalized practice among the nobility. Other traditions also shows women are somewhat alienated from education and freedom, such as prohibition to school and arranged marriages. Fortunately, Kartini was born into a family with a strong intellectual background. Her father allowed her to go to school until she was 12. Among other subjects, she