Atria manages archives of women pioneers and of individuals and organisations that are part of the women's movements. The archives include (personal) correspondence, minutes, manuscripts and reports of congresses.

Personnel archives come from individuals who played a role in women's gender equality and the struggle for gender equality. For example, Atria holds the personal archive of Aletta Jacobs (1854-1929), the first woman to receive a university degree and the first female doctor, as well as the personal archive of Tania Leon (1945-1996), who was actively involved in the anti-apartheid and black women's movements. Such personal archives include correspondence, notebooks and diplomas, as well as scrapbooks, recipes and birthday cards. The personal archives provide a picture of the diversity of people who contributed to (women's) gender equality.

The organisational archives come from foundations and associations founded with the aim of contributing to gender equality and gender equality. Some of these organisations were already established at the start of what we now call the 'first feminist wave'. For example, you can think of the Association for Women's Suffrage or Tesselschade Arbeid Adelt, an organisation that emancipated women by selling their handicrafts to generate an income. More recent organisations have also donated their archives to Atria. For example, you can find the archive of abortion action group Women on Waves or the archive of Moluccan women's group Kelompok in our collection.

In our study room there is plenty of space to browse the archives and do research. You can consult the description or inventory of each archive online. More than 50 archives have been fully digitised and can be viewed online.

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