Aceh Women’s Contribution of Military Affairs During Western Colonialism in Indonesia
- DOI
- 10.2991/assehr.k.200803.028How to use a DOI?
- Keywords
- Aceh Women, Contribution, Western Colonialism
- Abstract
Aceh has a great history of faces and against colonialism in Indonesia, include women’s contributions. The women’s history clearly shows women’s involvement in politics and military affairs. It is also supported by achievements of a number of tough women who entitled to heroes, such as Cut Nyak Dien, Cut Meutia, and Laksamana Keumalahayati. In the historical record, Aceh is well known to have a strong Moslem principle that roots deeply in the vein of its people. It gave impact to the function of religious leaders in progressive government which positions women in important stances. Contribution of the struggle in Acehnese women’s behavior and contributions is quite interesting to be thoroughly analyzed through literature study and historical research. In another place in Indonesia like Java Island, most women of contribution are in education and politics. The characteristic of women involvement in the government was political activity and military affair, as a queen and an admiral. The purpose of this research is to reveal the contribution and the manifestation of women’s exist in the past time. Women involvement in public affairs oppose the myth that political and military affairs are dominated by male
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- © 2020, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.
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- This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).
Cite this article
TY - CONF AU - Yuliati AU - Moch. Nurfahrul Lukmanul Khakim AU - Afifah Rahmantika Furzaen AU - Ezra Imanuel Suwarno PY - 2020 DA - 2020/08/04 TI - Aceh Women’s Contribution of Military Affairs During Western Colonialism in Indonesia BT - Proceedings of the International Conference On Social Studies, Globalisation And Technology (ICSSGT 2019) PB - Atlantis Press SP - 220 EP - 228 SN - 2352-5398 UR - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.200803.028 DO - 10.2991/assehr.k.200803.028 ID - 2020 ER -