Amsterdam Oud-Zuid , North Holland, Netherlands — Northwestern Europe
Doctor Aletta H. Jacobs
Photographed By Andrew Ruppenstein, June 17, 2023
1. Doctor Aletta H. Jacobs Marker
In dit huis heeft gewoond en gewerkt
Doctor Aletta H Jacobs
Zij was de eerste vrouw die aan een
Nederlandse Hogeschool de doctors
titel behaalde Zij heeft de weg bereid
voor diegenen die na haar komen
Vrouwen der komende geslachten
zijn haar grote dank verschuldigd
In this house lived and worked Doctor Aletta H. Jacobs. She was the first woman to attend a Dutch university and to receive the title of “Doctor”. She prepared the way for those who came after her. Women of the generations to come are indebted to her.
Erected 1923.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Civil Rights • Peace • Science & Medicine • Women. A significant historical date for this entry is October 29, 1929.
Location. 52° 21.718′ N, 4° 52.719′ E. Marker is in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland (North Holland). It is in Amsterdam Oud-Zuid. Marker is at the intersection of Roemer Visscherstraat and Tesselschadestraat, on the left when traveling west on Roemer
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Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Roemer Visscher (a few steps from this marker); H.F. Westerveld (about 120 meters away, measured in a direct line); Kantoor Gemeentetram / Municipal Tram Office (about 180 meters away); Vondelfontein / Vondel Fountain (approx. 0.3 kilometers away); Marnixstraat 1945 Executions Memorial (approx. 0.3 kilometers away); Nico Richter (approx. 0.4 kilometers away); Eduard Cuypers (approx. 0.4 kilometers away); Pietro Antonio Locatelli (approx. half a kilometer away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Amsterdam.
Also see . . .
1. Aletta Jacobs (Wikipedia).
Overview: Aletta Henriëtte Jacobs (9 February 1854 – 10 August 1929) was a Dutch physician and women's suffrage activist. As the first woman officially to attend a Dutch university, she became one of the first female physicians in the Netherlands. In 1882, she founded the world's first birth control clinic and was a leader in both the Dutch and international women's movements. She led campaigns aimed at deregulating prostitution, improving women's working conditions, promoting peace and calling for women's right to vote.
Photographed By Andrew Ruppenstein, June 17, 2023
2. Doctor Aletta H. Jacobs Marker - wide view
2. Aletta Henriette Jacobs (The Shalvi/Hyman Encyclopedia of Jewish Women).
On becoming a doctor: When still a child, accompanying her adoring father on his visits to patients, she already yearned to be a doctor, but as she grew older, she was constrained and disheartened by the schooling then available for young women. Two Jewish physicians who were close family friends provided support: Dr. L. Ali Cohen guided her to start training for pharmacy as an interim goal; after Jacobs received crucial letters of permission from the liberal minister J.R. Thorbecke, Dr. S.S. Rosenstein, rector of the University of Groningen, welcomed her admission to the faculty of medicine.(Submitted on August 7, 2023.)
She began her studies in 1871 at the University of Groningen, where she and her sister Charlotte were the first female students. Overcoming bouts of illness, she graduated on March 8, 1879, as the first woman physician in the Netherlands. She promptly traveled to London and, while pursuing further clinical training, soon moved into the orbit of various British radicals and freethinkers, including birth-control advocates and suffrage leaders.
3. Aletta Jacobs (1854-1929) (University of North Carolina). A part of Towards Emancipation? Women in Modern European
courtesy of the New York Public Library
3. Dr. Aletta H. Jacobs, the Netherlands
A suffragette: Her work with destitute women reignited her passion for women’s rights and in 1882, Jacobs joined the still small Dutch suffrage movement. After being refused to register to vote despite fulfilling the Dutch voters law as a taxpayer, Jacobs brought her case to her region’s Court of Appeal. Although her case was rejected, her work did not go unnoticed and the fledgling Dutch Women’s Suffrage Association reached out and invited her to become a member. In 1883, Dutch women were explicitly banned from voting, adding the word “man” in the constitution of 1887. This antifeminist political act further increased the growth of a suffrage movement in the Netherlands. Jacobs became a very active member of this movement and was elected as president of the Association soon, a position she would hold until 1919. In 1904 she became in addition the first leader of the International Women Suffrage Alliance (IAW), founded in the same year in Berlin.(Submitted on August 7, 2023.)
Credits. This page was last revised on December 24, 2023. It was originally submitted on August 7, 2023, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California. This page has been viewed 67 times since then and 14 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on August 7, 2023, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California.
