About Hermanna Elisabeth Molkenboer-Trip
Lived 1851 – 1911 (aged 59). Hermanna Elisabeth Molkenboer-Trip was a Dutch businessperson.
Hermanna Molkenboer-Trip (1851–1911), was a Dutch industrialist.
She was the daughter of lawyer Scato Trip (1807–1871) and Martha Cornelia Blok (1825–1867). In 1875 she married Johannes Hermanus Molkenboer (1845–1892), owner of the major textile industry in Oldenzaal in Twente. She became the company's managing director when she was widowed in 1892. Her company provided linen to the dowry of the queen upon the royal wedding in 1901, and was given a royal warrant in 1902. Besides managing director of the Oldenzaalsche Stoomweverij J.H. Molkenboer jr., she established the firm's mail-order company and thus became a pioneer in mail-order shipping in the Netherlands. Throughout Europe, affluent ladies could order their linen sets from the mail-order company. In the Palthehuis in Oldenzaal stands a large Molkenboer handcart. This was used every day to transport the huge amount of parcels to the post office and distribute them across the Netherlands and Europe.
In 1898, Molkenboer participated as a textile manufacturer in the National Exhibition of Women's Labour in The Hague, one of the highlights of the first feminist wave. There she was in charge of the industry hall where, among other things, she showed wearable clothes, without corsets. The eureka fabric used for this was woven in her factory.
Molkenboer's sons Scato and Hermannus took over the business from Molkenboer in 1904. Descendant Steven Molkenboer published a book detailing the history of the firm and his family in 2024.
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Who was Hermanna Elisabeth Molkenboer-Trip?
Dutch businessperson (1851-1911)
When was Hermanna Elisabeth Molkenboer-Trip born?
Hermanna Elisabeth Molkenboer-Trip was born on 25 October 1851 in Harlingen.
When did Hermanna Elisabeth Molkenboer-Trip die?
Hermanna Elisabeth Molkenboer-Trip died on 11 May 1911 in Oldenzaal.
What was Hermanna Elisabeth Molkenboer-Trip's occupation?
Hermanna Elisabeth Molkenboer-Trip was a businessperson.
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Hermanna Elisabeth Molkenboer-Trip was Dutch.
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