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Aletta H. (Aletta Henriette) Jacobs
1854–1929
A trailblazing Dutch doctor who pushed open doors that had long been closed to women, she turned her medical work into a broader fight for education, bodily autonomy, and political rights. Her life connects medicine, feminism, and social reform in a way that still feels strikingly modern.
8 Audiobooks
Reisbrieven uit Afrika en Azië benevens eenige brieven uit Zweden en Noorwegen
by Aletta H. (Aletta Henriette) Jacobs
Vrouwenkiesrecht in de Skandinavische landen
by Aletta H. (Aletta Henriette) Jacobs
Brieven uit en over Amerika
by C. V. (Carel Victor) Gerritsen, Aletta H. (Aletta Henriette) Jacobs
Herinneringen van Dr. Aletta H. Jacobs
by Aletta H. (Aletta Henriette) Jacobs
Vrouwenkiesrecht
by Aletta H. (Aletta Henriette) Jacobs, Frederike Swaantje van Balen-Klaar
Vrouwenbelangen Drie vraagstukken van actueelen aard
by Aletta H. (Aletta Henriette) Jacobs
De Vrouw: Haar bouw en haar inwendige organen
by Aletta H. (Aletta Henriette) Jacobs
De vrouw en de vredesbeweging in verband met het vrouwenkiesrecht
by Aletta H. (Aletta Henriette) Jacobs
About the author
Born in Sappemeer in 1854, Aletta Henriette Jacobs became the first woman officially admitted to a Dutch university and went on to qualify as one of the Netherlands' first female physicians. She built her career at a time when women were still expected to stay far from higher education and public life.
Her work as a doctor brought her into close contact with the everyday realities faced by women, and that experience shaped the causes she championed. She is widely remembered not only for medicine, but also for her activism around women's suffrage, contraception, and social reform.
Jacobs died in 1929, but her legacy has endured well beyond her lifetime. She remains one of the most important figures in Dutch women's history: a physician, campaigner, and public voice who helped change what women could study, do, and demand.