New York: University Press of America / The Asia Society, (1985). Includes a preface by Eleanor Roosevelt in which she notes that although Kartini died young (at age 24, a few days after the birth of her son), with her letters, which give some insight into the lives of a people ruled at the time by Dutch, she was able to reach millions of Javanese. Through her writings she became a spokesman for the liberation and education of women. Edited and with an Introduction By Hildred Geertz. Translated from the Dutch by Agnes Louis Symmers. 246 pp. ISBN: 0-819147583.