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 […]

Strolling through Haarlem’s Kenaupark, one can find the most beautiful villas. In 1938 number 6 was purchased by the Flatstichting voor Vrouwen door Vrouwen (a foundation that wanted to build apartment buildings for women by women). The initiative originated from E.J. van Waveren-Resink (1877-1946) in the 1930s. The establishment of independent housing for women was very progressive at […]

This is part of a heavily damaged charter, dated 1855, but almost certainly made later. The Ladies-committee mentioned in this charter, however, did exist. In the ‘Tijdschrift uitgegeven van wege de Nederlandsche Maatschappij ter bevordering van de afschaffing der slavernij’ (Magazine of the Dutch Union for the promotion of the abolishment of slavery) the ‘Ladies-committee for the […]

On 25 November 1935, the charter of foundation of the International Institute for Social History was signed. The IISH was founded by Prof Posthumus, husband of Willemijn Posthumus-van der Goot, one of the founders of the IAV. Both institutes started on the premises of Keizersgracht 264. The IISH made two rooms available for the sister […]

During WWI, Aletta Jacobs started her own peace tour through Germany, Belgium, Austria, France, Italy, England, Switzerland and the United States.