During her reporting career, Trimurti worked for a number of Indonesian newspapers including Pesat, Panjebar Semangat, Genderang, Bedung and Pikiran Rakyat.

[9] She declined an appointment to become Indonesia's Social Affairs Minister in 1959 in order to complete her degree.

[4] Trimurti was a member and signer of Petition 50 in 1980,[4] which protested Suharto's use of Pancasila against his political opponents.

The signers of Petition 50 included prominent Indonesian independence supporters as well as government and military officials, such as Trimurti and the former Governor of Jakarta Ali Sadikin.

[4] A ceremony honoring Trimurti as a "heroine for Indonesia's independence" was held at the state palace in Central Jakarta.

[3] In 1938 she was married to Muhammad Ibnu Sayuti, the typist of the Indonesian Declaration of Independence, which was proclaimed by Sukarno on 17 August 1945.

[1][5] Trimurti spent much of the rest of her life at her rented residence in Bekasi, West Java.