This Hammond typewriter belonged to the historian and feminist Johanna Naber (1859-1941). Historians characterize this typewriter as ‘Nabers companion in the woman question’. It is likely that she bought this Hammond in 1904, with the money she received for her rewarded work ‘Geschiedenis van Nederland tijdens de inlijving bij Frankrijk’ (History of the Netherlands during the French occupation) […]

The renowned painter Edgar Fernhout made this beautiful double portrait of Willemijn Posthumus-van der Goot and Claire Posthumus in 1950. The occasion for this painting was the 70th birthday of their respectively husband and father, professor N.W. Posthumus. Willemijn Posthumus-van der Goot (1897-1989), the first female doctor in economics in the Netherlands was one of […]

On the 26th of August 1910, Clara Zetkin (1857-1933) made an appeal for an annual women’s day, with general women’s suffrage as the most important initial demand.

At Atria, you will find hundreds of these kind of buttons. They were made to make demands and wishes visible.

This bust of W.H.Posthumus-van der Goot was crafted by the renowned sculptor Ludwig Oswald Wenckebach (1895-1962). The bust dates back as far as 1943 and was made in Noordwijk, the sculptor’s place of residence. The Posthumus-van der Goot family had also moved there from Amsterdam. In 1930, Willemijn Posthumus-van der Goot (1897-1989) was the first female economist […]

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 […]

The feminist and journalist Welmoet Wijnaendts Francken-Dyserinck (1879-1956) has often been called the counterpart of Aletta Jacobs.

In 1911, Emilie Knappert (1860-1952) founded a society in Leiden named ‘de Vereniging Buitenbedrijf’. Her aim was to encourage young women from working-class families to go outside during their weekends to pursue various outdoor activities. In 1917 enough money was raised to ask the young architect Berlage, who was a friend of Knappert, to draw up the blueprints […]