Educated Women: Shaping Social Identity during the National Movement

Abstract

Women's label as konco wingking, the second sex, demonstrates an intensely patriarchal culture. The national movement period was involved in realizing their independence. This article explains the role of educated women during the national movement. This study is historical research with a political and psychological approach to comprehend how educated women could gain hegemony and power to create their social identity both in the domestic and public spheres. This study found that during the national movement, the social identity of educated women was gaining an existence as subjects who carried out various roles and got equal rights with men, both in the domestic and public spheres. Being educated subjects, women are aware of their identity as independent individuals, human rights that should be respected, and an equal position with men.