Aletta Jacobs

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Aletta Jacobs was a pioneering Dutch physician and feminist, recognized as the first woman to officially attend a Dutch university and a leading advocate for women's suffrage and reproductive rights.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Dutch person
feminist
human
physician
suffragist
women's rights activist
academicDegree doctorate in medicine
advocatedFor access to contraception
equal access to education for women
improved working conditions for women
women's suffrage
causeOfDeath natural causes
commemoratedBy Aletta Jacobs School of Public Health (Netherlands)
statues and monuments in the Netherlands
countryOfCitizenship Netherlands
countryOfEducation Netherlands
dateOfBirth 1854-02-09
dateOfDeath 1929-08-10
educatedAt University of Groningen NERFINISHED
familyName Jacobs
fieldOfWork public health
reproductive rights
women's rights
givenName Hendrika
surface form: Aletta
hasHeritage Jewish
languageOfWorkOrName Dutch
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Groningen (province) NERFINISHED
Utrecht (province) NERFINISHED
memberOf Dutch Association for Women's Suffrage
movement first-wave feminism
women's suffrage movement
name Aletta Jacobs self-link
nationality Dutch
notableAchievement first female physician in the Netherlands
notableFor being the first woman to officially attend a Dutch university
pioneering work in birth control and reproductive health
notableWork Her memoirs and writings on women's rights
occupation feminist
general practitioner
physician
suffragist
opened one of the first birth control clinics in the Netherlands
placeOfBirth Sappemeer
placeOfDeath Baarn
positionHeld president of the Dutch Association for Women's Suffrage
sexOrGender female
spouse Carel Victor Gerritsen NERFINISHED
workLocation Amsterdam

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Utrecht University hasNotableAlumnus Aletta Jacobs
Aletta Jacobs name Aletta Jacobs self-link
RUG notableAlumnus Aletta Jacobs