Women Leadership in the Archipelago: Reality of Empowerment and Struggle of Learning Rights

Abstract

It is to be ‘strange’ when women act as leaders or are more advanced than men. In fact, in the history of the archipelago, women are not only a complement to men. More than that, they are partners that work together and even lead the empire. Some of them became Sultanah, admiral, school initiator and writer. Interestingly, when women act as leaders, they create policy changes that encourage women's empowerment, for example by opening education centers that were previously only intended for men. The public is forgotten that in the education of children in the household, women should have enough knowledge. Not only ready on the physical aspects, but also mental, spiritual and knowledge. So, it is not strange if women want to learn and show their potential not only in the domestic sector (kitchen and household affairs). This research is a historical library research. The focus of this research is to reread the history of women in the archipelago and prove their role in the archipelago which is not spread to the general public, even impressed hidden.