My Hero, Kartini
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 Regency Chief of Jepara . Kartini's father was originally the district chief of Mayong. Her mother, Ngasirah was the daughter of Madirono and a teacher of religion in Telukawur. She was his first wife but not the most important one. At this time, polygamy was a common practice among the nobility. She also wrote the Letters of a Javanese Princess . Colonial regulations required a Regency Chief to marry a member of the nobility. Since Ngasirah was not of sufficiently high nobility, [3] her father married a second time to Woerjan (Moerjam), a direct descendant of the Raja of Madura . After this second marriage, Kartini's father was elevated to Regency Chief of Jepara, replacing his second wife's own father, Tjitrowikromo. Kartini was the fift...