Moenasiah

Moenasiah (born c. 1897) was a Sarekat Islam and Indonesian Communist Party leader active in Semarang, Central Java, Dutch East Indies during the 1920s.

She used her status as a small-time food stall operator to draw attention to the plight of Indonesians working in the market, who were subject to unfair treatment and abuse by police and Europeans.

She was arrested in May 1923 along with other members of the women's committee (Soetitah and Napsiah) for speeches she gave during the VSTP (Rail and Tram worker's union).

[9] In February 1927, at age 30, she was detained in the mass arrests of Communist Party activists and leaders which took place across Java.

[2][4] She was exiled to Boven-Digoel concentration camp along with roughly a thousand other PKI members who were detained there indefinitely without charge.