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| Country | Netherlands |
|---|---|
| Language | Dutch |
| Genre | Biographical dictionary |
| Publisher | Uitgeverij Vantilt |
Publication date | 2013 |
| Pages | 1555 |
| ISBN | 978-94-6004120-4 |
| OCLC | 827790391 |
1001 Vrouwen uit de Nederlandse geschiedenis is a compilation of 1001 biographies of famous women of the Netherlands spanning roughly 1700 years. [1]
The book is the result of a research project called the Digital Women's lexicon of the Netherlands (Digitaal Vrouwenlexicon van Nederland) led by Els Kloek. [2] The biographies are presented in alphabetical order, and can also be viewed online. [3] The breakdown of biographies per period according to the website (which is still growing) is as follows:
| Period of birth | Number of biographies |
|---|---|
| before 1399 | 70 |
| 1400-1499 | 50 |
| 1500-1599 | 162 |
| 1600-1699 | 295 |
| 1700-1799 | 286 |
| 1800-1899 | 278 |
| 1900-1999 | 125 |
Over 300 writers contributed biographies. The historians Anna de Haas, Marloes Huiskamp, Els Kloek, and Kees Kuiken each wrote over 40 biographies, while nearly a third were the combined work of various editors. The book was designed by Irma Boom.
Some of the more prominent women included in the book are:
Catherine of Guelders, was regent of the Duchy of Guelders between 1477 and 1492. First for her brother during his absence, and then for her nephew.
Catharina Belgica of Nassau was a countess of Hanau-Münzenberg by marriage to Philip Louis II, Count of Hanau-Münzenberg. She was regent of Hanau-Münzenberg during the minority of her son from 1612 until 1626.
Floris the Black was a son of Floris II, Count of Holland and Petronilla of Lorraine. He became a rebel count of Holland in the 1120s and 1130s, against the claim of his brother Dirk.
Agnes, or Agneta Block was a Dutch art collector and horticulturalist. She is most remembered as the compiler of an album of flower and insect paintings and as one of the first Europeans to successfully cultivate and fruit the pineapple outside of its native habitat.
Aagt Jafies or Aagt Jansdr was a Dutch arsonist, known as an informant of suspected heresy.
The Canon of the Netherlands is a list of fifty topics that aims to provide a chronological summary of Dutch history to be taught in primary schools and the first two years of secondary school in the Netherlands. The fifty topics are divided into fourteen sections.
Agneta Wilhelmina Johanna van Marken-Matthes was a Dutch entrepreneur. She and her husband Jacques van Marken were involved in the manufacture of yeast throughout their lives, and were engaged in the co-operative movement, taking care of their workers. Matthes and Van Marken created living quarters for workers in her hometown, Delft in South Holland, named Agnetapark after her. These are considered a model for the co-operative development and construction of garden cities for workers. Matthes founded and ran a Delft perfume factory, Maison Neuve, to take advantage of a by-product from the yeast factory.
Maria van Schooten (1555–1573) was a Dutch heroine from the Eighty Years' War. She died from the injuries she received after having participated in the defense during the Siege of Haarlem and was given a public funeral with full military honors. She is believed to have been one of the women led by Kenau Simonsdochter Hasselaer, a legendary heroine who helped defend Haarlem against the Spanish invaders.
Cornelia van Marle (1661–1698), was a Dutch Golden Age painter.
Maria de Wilde was a Dutch engraver and playwright of the Dutch Republic. She was born and died in Amsterdam, where she played an active part in the upper-class bourgeois world of artists and writers, and gained a reputation by engraving her wealthy father's art collection. Formerly credited also with four plays, modern scholars only ascribe a tragedy and possibly a comedy to her.
Petronilla of Lorraine was Countess of Holland by marriage to Floris II, Count of Holland, and regent of the County of Holland during the minority of her son Dirk VI in 1121-1129. She was a daughter of Theodoric II, Duke of Lorraine and Hedwig of Formbach.
Catherine of Nassau-Dillenburg was a daughter of William I, Count of Nassau-Siegen and his second wife, Juliana of Stolberg. She was a sister of William the Silent.
Henriëtte Geertruida Knip was a flower painter from the Northern Netherlands.
Anne Alida de Frey or Freij was a Dutch copyist, drawer and painter.
Susanna de La Croix (1755–1789) was a Dutch painter.
Dutch Women's Council was founded in 1898 as an umbrella organization to unite women's groups across the country in their struggles for economic, legal, political, and social rights. Initially their focus was not political, but expanded to encompass women's suffrage. After more than one hundred years of operation, the council continues to strive for women's equality.
Sara Cato (Selma) Meyer was a Dutch pacifist, feminist and resistance fighter.
Cornelia de Rijck was a Dutch painter specialized in painting birds and insects.
Maria Vlier was a Dutch Surinamese teacher who wrote the first history textbook focused on the history of Suriname. Born into an intellectual family who descended from slaves, Vlier was educated in the Netherlands and returned to Suriname to teach. Recognizing that students were being taught European history and had no knowledge of the history of their own homeland, she wrote the first textbook on the colony. The book won a silver medal at the International Colonial and Export Exhibition of 1883 and was one of the three most-used textbooks in the Surinamese education system until 1945.
Wendela Bicker was the wife of Johan de Witt. She was one of the richest young female commoners of her time and she married one of the most influential republican politicians in the Netherlands. She was in the public eye during her lifetime and entered history books thereafter. This is facilitated by the letters and the housekeeping books she left behind. The narrative about her life reflects how the role of women in the Netherlands in the 17th century was and is understood.