1001 Vrouwen uit de Nederlandse geschiedenis
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| Language | Dutch |
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| Genre | Biographical dictionary |
| Publisher | Uitgeverij Vantilt |
Publication date | 2013 |
| Publication place | Netherlands |
| 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]
Project
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.
Gallery (by birth year)
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Saint Cunera (lived ca. 337) -
Petronilla van Saksen (ca. 1082–1144) -
Aleid van Holland (1228–1284) -
Johanna van Brabant (1322–1406) -
Jacoba van Beieren (1401–1436) -
Margaret of Austria, Duchess of Savoy (1480–1530) -
Kenau (1526-1588/1589) -
Judith Leyster (1609–1660) -
Maria Schalcken (1645–1699) -
Rachel Ruysch (1664–1750) -
Henriëtte Catharina van Oranje (1637–1708) -
Belle van Zuylen (1740–1805) -
Marie-Anne Collot (1748–1821)
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Alexine Tinne (1835–1869) -
Thérèse Schwartze (1851–1918) -
Suze Robertson (1855–1922) -
Neel Doff (1858–1942) -
Helene Kröller-Müller (1869–1939) -
Mata Hari (1876–1917) -
Annie M.G. Schmidt (1911–1995) -
Marga Klompé (1912–1986) -
Audrey Hepburn (1929–1993) -
Karin Adelmund (1949–2005)
Included persons
Some of the more prominent women included in the book are:
References
- ^ Kloek, Els: 1001 vrouwen uit de Nederlandse geschiedenis, Vantilt, Nijmegen, 2013
- ^ article in the Dutch Volkskrant newspaper
- ^ Historici.nl. This database is searchable by period, birth city (over 200 biographies are of women born in Amsterdam), and occupation (almost 200 biographies are of artists)
External links
- (in Dutch) Digitaal Vrouwenlexicon van Nederland
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