Lizzy van Dorp

Elisabeth Carolina van Dorp (5 September 1872 – 6 September 1945) was a Dutch lawyer, economist, parliamentarian and feminist.

Life Elisabeth Carolina van Dorp, often shortened to Lizzy, was the daughter of Adriana Elisabeth Verdam and Gerard Carel Théophilus van Dorp. On 7 July 1903, she obtained her doctorate from Prof. J. Oppenheim for her thesis titled, Indemnification upon destruction or disabling of property by public authorities, which argued against a ban on the labor of married women. In the 1920s she became swayed by the political ideas of another (orthodox) liberal, Samuel van Houten.

In 1922, Van Dorp became a parliamentarian for the Liberal Party. After that she supported the Liberal State Party. Altogether, she served as a member of the House of Representatives of the States General, from 25 July 1922 to 15 September 1925. According to records kept by the parliament, she was "Committed to women's rights. Published extensively on economic topics."

Internment In 1941 she was interned by the occupying Japanese forces. It remains unclear why she did not leave in the East Indies during World War II.

On her 72nd birthday in 1944, Van Dorp received a particular notebook. It served as a gift from other women in camp Tjihapit II in Bandung on West Java. It was a collection of recipes from the Indonesian kitchen to which they added their own recipes.

Van Dorp died "of exhaustion" on 6 September 1945 in camp Banjoe Biroe (Dutch East Indies), a Japanese internment camp, on Java. She died three weeks after the capitulation of Japanese forces and one day after her 73rd birthday. She had been interned there for more than three years.

Selected works 1903: Indemnification in case of Destruction of Property by Public Authorities (dissertation Leiden University). Sl: sn 1907 (with W. Wijnaendts Francken-Dyserinck): A bat in the chicken coop. Haarlem: Tjeenk Willink. brochure, 66 pages. 1910: "Prae Advice." In: Prae Opinions on the Social Significance of the Labor of the Married Woman, and the Attitude to Be Adopted by the Government on That Question. The Hague 1914: Rights and Obligations of Servants and Employers. People's library. Amsterdam. 1916: "Something about newer money theories." In: Socio-Economic Compositions presented to GB Greven. Haarlem 1919: The Practical Significance of Theoretical Economy (public lesson). Haarlem 1922: The Bankruptcy of Contemporary Social Politics. Leiden: AW Sijthoff. See also: Polak, Henri (1923) - The Bankruptcy: Some Remarks Regarding “The Bankruptcy of Present Social Policy,” by Miss Mr. EC van Dorp. Amsterdam: NV “Development” 1929: "Prae Advice." In: Prae's Opinions on the Nature of Price Stabilization, its Desirability and Possibility. The Hague, p. 1-70 1931 (a): The consequences of Böhm-Bawerk's wage fund theory. In: Economic Drafting presented to Prof. CA Verrijn Stuart. Groningen. p. 27-54 1931 (b): Agio oder Lohnfonds? In: Archiv für Sozialwissenschaft und Politik, vol. 66, p. 284-319 1933 (a): The Way out of Unemployment According to a New Teaching of Wages and Interest. Haarlem 1933 (b): "For the doctrine of imputation." In: The Economist, p. 189-212 1933 (c): Löhne und Kapitalzins. In: Zeitschrift für Nationalökonomie, jrg. 4, p. 254-266 1933 (d): Economic Misunderstandings. In: Juri Sacrum 1882 - 1932, Lawyer Drafting. Amsterdam. p. 18 - 43 1933 (e): The Interest Riddle. Utrecht 1934: Dr. van Genechten's eccentric entrepreneur and the surplus value - Criticism of “Diminished Returns” by Dr. R. van Genechten, editor of “De Economist". Haarlem 1937 (a): A Simple Theory of Capital, Wages, Profit and Loss, a New and Social Approach to the Problem of Economic Distribution. London 1937 (b): Neither Communism nor Dictatorship, a Political Proposal. Haarlem