Maria Ulfah Soebadio Sastrosatomo, known professionally as Maria Ulfah Santoso and who lived from August 18, 1911, to April 15, 1988, was an Indonesian advocate for women's rights and politician who became the first Indonesian woman to earn a law degree and the first woman to serve in an Indonesian cabinet. She earned her law degree from Leiden University in 1933, joined the Indonesian nationalist movement while studying in the Netherlands, and after returning to the Dutch East Indies worked as an educator and campaigned for reform of marriage law to strengthen women's protections. She took part in the Committee for Preparatory Work for Indonesian Independence and served as Minister of Social Affairs under Prime Minister Sutan Sjahrir from March 1946 to June 1947, remaining active in government roles afterward.
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RolePolitician and women's rights activist 1 Nationality / Jurisdiction Place of Death Role
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What did Maria Ulfah Santoso do to reform marriage law in Indonesia?
She led a 1938 marriage reform congress whose reforms passed in 1941.
In 1938 she led a congress on marriage reform, meant to better protect the rights of women, and the reforms passed in 1941. She had returned to the Dutch East Indies after finishing her law degree at Leiden University in 1933 and took up teaching while working toward marriage reform.
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Maria Ulfah Soebadio Sastrosatomo (18 August 1911 - 15 April 1988), better known by her first married name Maria Ulfah Santoso, was an Indonesian politician and women's rights activist who served as Minister of Social Affairs under Prime Minister Sutan Sjahrir.
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Maria Ulfah Soebadio Sastrosatomo (18 August 1911 - 15 April 1988), better known by her first married name Maria Ulfah Santoso, was an Indonesian politician and women's rights activist who served as Minister of Social Affairs under Prime Minister Sutan Sjahrir. She was the first Indonesian woman to receive a degree in law as well as the first female Indonesian cabinet member. Santoso, the daughter of a politician, became interested in women's rights after seeing numerous injustices in her youth.
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was an Indonesian politician and women
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Wikidata Q6761642, P569 date of birth claim (year)
P569 (date of birth): 1911
Wikidata Q6761642, P569 date of birth claim (full date)
P569 (date of birth): 1911-08-18
Wikidata Q6761642, P570 date of death claim (year)
P570 (date of death): 1988
Wikidata Q6761642, P570 date of death claim (full date)
P570 (date of death): 1988-04-15
Wikidata Q6761642, P19 place of birth claim
P19 (place of birth): Serang
Wikidata Q6761642, P20 place of death claim
P20 (place of death): Jakarta
Wikidata Q6761642, P1477 birth name claim (id)
birth name (P1477): Hajjah Raden Ayu Maria Ulfah
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