1. Ruhana Kuddus was born Siti Ruhana on 20 December 1884, in the village of Koto Gadang, Agam Regency, in the hinterland of West Sumatra, Dutch East Indies.
12 Facts About Ruhana Kuddus
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Ruhana Kuddus was an aunt of Indonesian poet Chairil Anwar.
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Ruhana Kuddus was intelligent although she did not receive a formal education.
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Ruhana Kuddus often studied with her father, who taught her in reading and language studies.
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In 1908, at age 24, Ruhana Kuddus married Abdoel Koeddoes, a notary public, and became known as Roehana Koeddoes.
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In February 1911, Ruhana Kuddus decided to found a more organized educational society for women, named, with a school aiming specifically to teach girls crafts and skills beyond their ordinary household duties, as well as to read Jawi and Latin writing and to manage a household.
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Ruhana Kuddus continued to work in education even while becoming a journalist.
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Ruhana Kuddus became chief editor, assisted by Mahyuddin Datuk Sutan Maharadja's daughter Zoebaidah Ratna Djoewita.
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Ruhana Kuddus stated that the newspaper would aim to improve the education level of Indonesian women, especially as few of them could read Dutch and relatively few modern educational materials were available in the Malay language.
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In early 1921 Ruhana Kuddus left for unknown reasons and Soetan Maharadja appointed his own daughter Retna Tenoen as the new editor.
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Ruhana Kuddus was awarded as the Indonesian Press Pioneer in 1987 and Star on Service, 1st Class in 2007.
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Ruhana Kuddus's name is used for a hall at the Gelora Haji Agus Salim Sports Complex, as street name in Padang, including a trademark of keripik sanjai which is located on the same road.