Lizzy van Dorp (1872-1945) received this particular notebook for her 72nd birthday in 1944. It served as a gift from other women in camp Tjihapit II in Bandoeng on West-Java. It is a collection of recipes from the Indonesian kitchen to which they added their own recipes. Lizzy van Dorp meticulously made diary notes of her last period in […]

The term ‘women’s aid’ may have been invented in the 1970s, but many years earlier individual women and women’s organizations had already been active in this area. An initiative in this field from the beginning of the twentieth century, is the Vereniging Zusterhulp (Association Sister’s Aid). The founders, J. van Riemsdijk-van der Leeuw and H.W. Spiering, aimed […]

This is a poster made by Feminist publisher De Bonte Was (Colored Wash) for a stand on the Emancipade, an event held from the 20th of May until the 8th of June 1975 in Utrecht. Foundation De Bonte Was was founded in 1974, and evolved from women’s discussion groups in the Women’s Center in Amsterdam. The women […]

Just like her mother Queen Wilhelmina, princess Juliana showed a lively interest in the work of Dutch women’s organizations. This letter, dated December 3rd 1945, proves that. Already at the beginning of the Second World War in 1941, prominent women from major Dutch women organizations of all denominations and political context, came together to discuss important problems originating from the […]