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Annie Sillevis

b. 1880

Best known for a sharply argued 1907 Dutch pamphlet about women students, this early 20th-century writer left a small but memorable mark in literary and cultural debate. Later references also connect her with Dutch translations, though biographical details about her remain scarce.

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Een Meisje-Student over 'Een Meisje-Studentje'

Een Meisje-Student over 'Een Meisje-Studentje'

by Annie Sillevis

About the author

Annie Sillevis was a Dutch writer active in the early 1900s. She is most clearly documented as the author of Een meisje-student over "Een meisje-studentje" (1907), a response to contemporary discussions about women, education, and student life.

Surviving references suggest she took part in the wider literary conversation of her time rather than building a large, well-known body of work. Later Dutch sources also credit an A. Sillevis with translations, but the available records do not make enough biographical details easy to confirm with confidence.

Because reliable personal information appears to be limited online, much of her life story remains unclear today. What does stand out is her connection to an important social moment: the debate over women's place at the university in the Netherlands at the start of the twentieth century.