1001 Vrouwen uit de Nederlandse geschiedenis
Country | Netherlands |
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Language | Dutch |
Genre | Biographical dictionary |
Publisher | Uitgeverij Vantilt |
Publication date | 2013 |
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 |
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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)
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Petronilla van Saksen (ca. 1082-1144)
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Aleid van Holland (1228 - 1284)
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Johanna van Brabant (1322-1406)
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Jacoba van Beieren (1401-1436)
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Margaret of Austria, Duchess of Savoy (1480-1530)
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Kenau (1526-1588/1589)
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Judith Leyster (1609-1660)
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Maria Schalcken (1645-1699)
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Rachel Ruysch (1664-1750)
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Henriëtte Catharina van Oranje (1637-1708)
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Belle van Zuylen (1740-1805)
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Marie-Anne Collot (1748 - 1821)
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Alexandrine Tinne (1835-1869)
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Thérèse Schwartze (1851-1918)
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Suze Robertson (1855-1922)
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Neel Doff (1858-1942)
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Helene Kröller-Müller (1869-1939)
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Mata Hari (1876-1917)
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Annie M.G. Schmidt (1911-1995)
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Marga Klompé (1912-1986)
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Audrey Hepburn (1929-1993)
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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
- (Dutch) 1001 Vrouwen uit de Nederlandse geschiedenis, book website
- (Dutch) Digitaal Vrouwenlexicon van Nederland