Aletta Jacobs: Het Hoogste Streven

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Aletta Jacobs: Het Hoogste Streven
Directed by Nouchka van Brakel
Written byEugenie Jansen, Nouchka van Brakel
Release date
1995
Running time
65 minutes
CountryNetherlands
Language Dutch

Aletta Jacobs: Het Hoogste Streven is a 1995 Dutch documentary film directed by Nouchka van Brakel.

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The docudrama tells the story of a Dutch female student and doctor, a feminist at heart, campaigner for women's suffrage and birth control Aletta Jacobs, played by Luutgard Willems and Hans Kesting has the role of CV Gerritsen.

The film was the result of an initiative by Aletta Jacobs Foundation which was set up specifically for this purpose. The premiere was in Sappemeer, the birthplace of Aletta Jacobs. [1]

Only 4110 visitors paid for the ticket.[ citation needed ]

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References

  1. "Aletta Jacobs: Het Hoogste Streven". Archived from the original on 5 November 2015. Retrieved 2 November 2015.