Nio, Thung Sin 1902-1996
Archival location guide — where this economist’s surviving papers are held, their notable correspondents, and key published sources.
Born 1902 · died 1996
Betsy Thung Sin Nio was an Indonesian-Dutch women's rights activist, physician, economist and politician. Born into a wealthy and progressive Peranakan family of the Cabang Atas gentry in Batavia, she was encouraged to obtain an education, which was unusual for Indonesian women at the time. After completing high school, she qualified as a bookkeeper, but – because social norms prevented women from doing office work – she became a teacher. After teaching briefly in an elementary school, in 1924 Thung enrolled at the Netherlands School of Business in Rotterdam to study economics. On graduating, she went on to earn a master's degree and a doctorate in economics. In 1932, she enrolled at the University of Amsterdam to pursue her medical studies.
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Where the papers are held
The surviving papers of Nio, Thung Sin 1902-1996 are held at Atria Institute on gender equality and women's history.
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