Jacobs detested war and viewed armed violence as an unmitigated evil. In 1898 she participated in the first international peace conference hosted by the Netherlands. At first, Jacobs did little work for pacifism, although she always accompanied her husband, Carel Victor Gerritsen (1850-1905), whenever he attended the meetings of the Interparliamentary Union. 1914 First World […]

The idea of ​​the Dutch liberation skirt came from feminist and resistance fighter Mies Boissevain-van Lennep.

This poster with seventeen professions in which women were not employed, or only very rarely, was shown on the Nationale Tentoonstelling van Vrouwenarbeid (National Exhibition of Women’s Labor) which was held in The Hague in 1898. Around the year 1900, women’s labor had a low standing in all social classes. Paid work was even taboo for […]

The national initiative ‘Op de vrouw af’ (Straightforward/Point-blank*) aimed at raising awareness among women about their limited social possibilities. Action groups such as Dolle Mina (Mad Mina) and Man Vrouw Maatschappij (Man Woman Society), but also radio, television and traditional women’s magazines united themselves to draw attention to the importance of paid labor for women, the lack of […]