AFTER sunset, exactly the centenary of the National Awakening Day Tuesday a fortnight ago, Soerastri Karma Trimurti passed away in peace at the Gatot Subroto Army Hospital Jakarta. “My mother had been in hospital for two weeks” said Heru Baskoro, her second son.

This strong woman was born in Sawahan, Boyolali, Central Java, on May 11, 1912. After graduating in 1930 from the Women’s Teachers School in Solo, she joined the national resistanc