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Thung Sin Nio
Dutch East Indies teacher, physician, economist, politician and women's rights activist (1902-1996) · Netherlands · On the map · Doctors · Died at 93
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.
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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.
