Maria Walanda Maramis, national hero in Indonesia
Maria Walanda Maramis Maria Josephine Catherine Maramis is more commonly known as Maria Walanda Maramis and is recognized as a national hero in Indonesia for her efforts to advance the circumstances of women in Indonesia at the beginning of the 20th century. Maria was born in Kema, a small town in the regency of Minahasa in the province of North Sulawesi. Her parents were Maramis and Sarah Rotinsulu. She was the youngest of three children with a sister by the name of Antje and brother by the name of Andries. Andries Maramis later became involved in the independence of Indonesia and held ministerial and ambassadorship positions in the Indonesian government. Maramis became an orphan at the age of six when her parents were both stricken with sickness and died one after the other in a short period of time. Maramis’ uncle, Rotinsulu, took the children to Maumbi where he was the District Chief and raised them after the death of their parents. Maria and her sister attended Malay school ...