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The Norwegian politician Gro Harlem Brundtland (b. Oslo, 20 April 1939) was by profession a medical doctor, who from her student time was familiar with the connection between health, social problems, and the environment. As a young woman she called for attention to the need for a healthy environment, reaching out to politicians at home and abroad....
A portrait of the famous feminist Joke Smit (1933-1981), who was important for the origins of the second feminist wave in the Netherlands (late 1960s to late 1980s). In this chapter the stress is on her significance in the mentalityfield. Through her famous article on the discontent of women (1967) she made many women conscious of their situation....
Internationally, in the twentieth century, women in higher and managerial occupations were confronted with barriers because they had to fight prejudices concerning their ability to maintain themselves in traditionally male occupations. This was the case for instance, with women politicians in the West. More than their male colleagues, women politic...
Balanceren op het scherpst van de snede: vrouwelijke politici in de celebrity culture maandag 26 september 2022, 13:00, dr. Anneke Ribberink Kortgeleden ontstond er in de westerse media een rel rond Sanne Marin, de sociaal-democratische premier van Finland die bij haar aantreden in december 2019 juichend was binnengehaald als beloftevol blijk van v...
This review article deals with the authorized biography by historian and journalist Charles Moore of Margaret Thatcher. It places the 2800 pages biography into the context of previous historiography and other biographies. Although an authorized biography is not without disadvantages, Moore produced an impressive work. It certainly concurs with othe...
Monique Leyenaar, Hare Excellentie. Zestig jaar vrouwelijke ministers in Nederland (Amsterdam: Prometheus, 2016, 340 pp., ISBN 9789035142138).
Politicians all over Europe used to write about their lives, and keep doing so. Like other well-known persons they are “unusual biographical subjects”, because the biographical activity concerning their lives often starts while they are still alive. (Frank 1999). On the one hand, classical autobiographies written by politicians themselves (and thei...
Annet Mooij, Branie. Het leven van Mina Kruseman (1839-1922) (Sleutelfiguren; Amsterdam: Balans, 2013, 296 pp., isbn 978 94 600 3600 2).
Wie Hilary Mantels twee bekroonde boeken over de zestiende-eeuwse hofcultuur rond Hendrik VIII heeft gelezen, heeft de opkomst en ondergang van Anne Boleyn, de tweede echtgenote van de koning, ‘mee kunnen maken’. De bandbreedte van Boleyns macht is evident. Zolang ze de gunst van de koning had, was haar macht groot. Onderdanen en hovelingen die ze...
This review aims to analyse Magnus Brechtken (Eds.), Life Writing and Political. Memoir- Lebenszeugnisse und Politische Memoiren.
For anyone interested in political memoirs the question of their value and influence is intriguing. Of course, few will now believe that politicians’ memoirs and autobiographies should be taken as objective stories peopl...
Until recently, very few women played a part in parliamentary and governmental politics in Western democracies. Indeed, there was a widely held belief that women did not make competent politicians. The handful of female parliamentarians who did emerge after World War II were expected to restrict themselves to policy areas traditionally regarded as...
Until recently, very few women played a part in parliamentary and governmental politics in Western democracies. Indeed, there was a widely held belief that women did not make competent politicians. The handful of female parliamentarians who did emerge after World War II were expected to restrict themselves to policy areas traditionally regarded as...
R. Oldenziel, C. Bouw, Schoon genoeg. Huisvrouwen en huishoudtechnologie in Nederland 1898-1998; H. Pott-Buter, K.G. Tijdens, Vrouwen. Leven en werk in de twintigste eeuw; G. Blauwhof, Van passie tot professie. Vrouwelijke vliegers in de Nederlandse luchtvaart; N. Manneke, Vrouwen van kaliber. Politievrouwen in de twintigste eeuw; R. van Daalen, M....
