Example of Hero Biography in Indonesian

Biography is one of types of essays anything other than exposition essay, argumentative essay, persuasion essay, description essay, and narrative essay. A biography is an essay that contains the life history of a character written by an author. In terms of type, biographical essays can be categorized as one of the following: types of semi-scientific essays.

The characters that can be used as biographies can be anyone, including heroes who have contributed to the nation and state. In this article, we will find out what an example or shape looks like from biographies with the theme of heroes. The examples are as follows!

Biography of Roehana Koeddoes*

Roehana Koeddoes is a female national hero who is engaged in journalism. The woman who was born in Koto Gadang on December 20, 1884 is the daughter of Mohamad Rasjad Maharadja and Kiam and the half-brother of the First Prime Minister of Indonesia, Sultan Sjahrir. The heroine who died on August 17, 1972 is also the cousin of H. Agus Salim and aunt of the famous poet Chairil Anwar. Roehana himself was born and lived at the same time as R.A. Kartini who is also an Indonesian heroine.

During his youth, Roehana never received a formal education. He also only learns from his father who always brings him ingredient readings from the Dutch government office where he worked. Even so, Roehana was able to absorb everything that was taught by her father so that she was able to master a number of skills such as reading, writing, and mastering language Netherlands. When his father was transferred to Alahan Panjang, Roehana then studied with his neighbor who was the wife of his father's boss. With her neighbor, Roehana learned several skills such as embroidery, sewing, crochet, and knitting which incidentally were the typical skills of Dutch women at that time. Roehana is also often presented with readings from Dutch magazines which she reads well and carefully.

When she was 27 years old, Roehana opened a school called the Faithful Charity Craft School which was specifically to provide a number of skills to women. The skills taught at the school include financial management, literacy, character, religion, and the Dutch language.

A year after the establishment of the school, Roehana then founded a newspaper called Edit Melayu. The newspaper is letter The first news is women-themed and all members of the editorial staff are filled by women.

Roehana's movement in journalism is not limited to Edit Melayu. The wife of Abdul Kudus is also a figurehead for the establishment of a number of newspapers in her hometown and also in places overseas. The Women's Movement newspaper is one of them. This newspaper is a newspaper that he founded when he migrated to Lubuk Pakam and Medan. In the newspaper, Roehana plays the role of the former and the leader media that.

Not only in the fields of education and journalism, Roehana also struggles and is engaged in politics and movement. One example is his involvement in burning the fighting spirit of youth Indonesia to fight the Dutch with his writings that moved the fighting spirit of the nation's youth.

For all the struggles she did, a number of awards were given to the woman from West Sumatra. One of these awards is the Bintang Jasa Utama, which was bestowed by the Indonesian government on November 6, 2007.

*Source Reference: https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roehana_Koeddoes

This is an example of a hero's biography in Indonesian. Thank you.