Johanna Westerdijk (1883-1961) was the first female professor in the Netherlands.
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On September 7th 1932, Rosa Manus founded the Vrouwen Electriciteits Vereeniging (Women's Electricity Association...
Contrary to popular belief, the term 'Women Studies' has already been in existence for at least a hundred years.
Sexist expressions in the media are a continuing source of irritation for many women and men. In 1974, the need was...
The Dutch Vereeniging voor Vrouwenkiesrecht (Association for Women’s Suffrage) was founded in 1894 by Wilhelmina...
This pamphlet from the Dutch Vereeniging voor Vrouwenkiesrecht (Association for Women’s Suffrage) dating from 1918...
Truus Smulders-Beliën is the first female mayor in The Netherlands in 1946.
This poster with seventeen professions in which women were not employed, or only very rarely, was shown on the...
The famous medical doctor Aletta Jacobs was not the only female Jacobs who paved the way for other women. Her older...
In 1897, this top Dutch feminist best-seller came out: Hilda van Suylenburg by C. Goedkoop-de Jong van Beek en Donk...
Toby Vos (1918) is an artist and writer of, among other things, a series 'kabouter' (gnomes) books and columns in...