Critical Political Thingking Kartini through Education

Kartini's figure became a central icon in the study of education for women. Based on Bernhard Lewis's opinion, there are three different histories, namely remembered history (recovered history) and recovered history, and invented history. Similarly, when reviewing women in their views and ideals, especially Kartini. The formulation of the problem of this research is how Kartini's views and ideals in Indonesian independence through education? This research method uses the history method. The results of the analysis and discussion of this article are that women's history is actually as old as human existence on earth, but attention to women's issues in scientific disciplines, including in history, only started since the 1970s when feminism entered the world of science. Women and their roles are called 'fighters' to be interesting, when placed in such a way in the context of the struggle for their nation. One of the roles of women fighters in achieving their aspirations towards independence and filling the independence that has been achieved through education. Among these female combatants are women named Kartini. Kartini's struggle for her nation was not through physical resistance, but by advancing women in the field of education. The struggle of the Kartini movement championed the position of women who were high as men at the milestone of the National Awakening in 1908 with their progressive views as a discourse of awareness of the importance of education.