Abstrak
During the time of Rahmah El Yunusiah, many women were unable to get access to education due to various factors. This study aims to reveal the thoughts of Rahmah El Yunusiah and its application to women's Islamic education in Indonesia. The method used is content analysis, with the steps of having a general idea about the research topic, looking for supporting information, confirming the focus (expand or narrowing and organizing the reading), finding and finding the required material, reorganizing and making research notes (most central). , review and enrich the reading material, reorganize the material or notes and start writing.The results showed thatgait a) socio-political Rahmah El Yunusiah, he was imprisoned by the Dutch during the Indonesian independence revolution, he proved his role in politics with his membership as a member of the KNID Central Sumatra and as a member of the Constituent Assembly representing Masyumi, b) Rahmah El Yunusiah's thoughts and implementation in education Islamic women in Indonesia, namely with their progressive attitude to fight for women by establishing special schools for women from elementary school to university level, this was because of their concern for women at that time, women had to get education and knowledge according to their nature, have expertise, become capable educators through science, and able to deal with contemporary issues that are relevant to women and their society.