Adjeng Raden Kartini, was a prominent Javanese and an Indonesian National Heroine. He was born in Jepara, Central Java, 21 April 1879. Kartini was a pioneer in the area of women's rights for Indonesians. Kartini was born into an aristocratic Javanese family when Java was part of the Dutch colony of the Dutch East Indies. Kartini's father, Sosroningrat, Became Chief of Jepara Regency. Kartini's father, was originally the district chief of Mayong. Kartini's family allowed her to attend school until she was 12 years old. Here, Among other subjects, she learn to speak Dutch, an unusual accomplishment for Javanese women at the time. Books, newspapers and European magazines fed Kartini's interest in European feminist thinking, and fostered the desire to improve the conditions of indigenous Indonesian women, who at that time had a very low social status.
