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Google Doodle Celebrates - Lasminingrat's 169th Birthday | 29 March Today's hand-stitched Doodle honours Sundanese novelist and scholar Lasminingrat, who opened the path for future generations of Indonesian women. Raden Ayu Lasminingrat, a pioneer of Sundanese printed literature and scholar, was born on this day in 1854 in Garut, Indonesia, to Raden Ayu Ria and Raden Haji Muhamad Musa, also pioneers of Sundanese printed literature. To pursue her studies at Sumedang, she was separated from her family and left in the care of Levyson Norman, a friend of her father's. He assisted her in learning Dutch and contributed to Lasminingrat becoming the first Indonesian woman of her day to be fluent in writing and reading Dutch. After mastering the Dutch language in writing and speech, Lasminigrat aspired to promote equality for all Indonesian women. Lasminingrat translated European fairy tales into Sundanese using her literacy skills. In 1879, under her father's direction, she beg...