Mietje Rutgers-Hoitsema
Dutch teacher, feminist and social reformer, editor
About Mietje Rutgers-Hoitsema
Lived 1847 – 1934 (aged 87). Mietje Rutgers-Hoitsema was a Dutch teacher, women's rights activist, suffragette, editor and social reformer.
Maria Wilhelmina Hendrika "Mietje" Hoitsema (1847–1934) was a Dutch feminist.
Personal life Mietje Hoitsema was born on 10 July 1847 in Britsum. She was the daughter of the theologian Synco Hoitsema (1799–1860) and Rika van Bolhuis (1808–1895) and married the doctor Johannes Rutgers (1850–1924) in 1885. She became a teacher in 1865 and was the principal of a girls' school from 1873-1885.
Hoitsema joined the Sociaal Democratische Arbeiders Partij (SDAP) (Social Democratic Workers' Party) at the turn of the century. She left the SDAP in 1905 as the party prioritized elimination of class difference over gender differences as well as the SDAP's abandonment of advocacy of women's voting rights.
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Dutch teacher, feminist and social reformer, editor (1847–1934)
When was Mietje Rutgers-Hoitsema born?
Mietje Rutgers-Hoitsema was born on 10 July 1847 in Britsum.
When did Mietje Rutgers-Hoitsema die?
Mietje Rutgers-Hoitsema died on 26 October 1934 in Rijswijk.
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Mietje Rutgers-Hoitsema was a teacher, women's rights activist, suffragette, editor and social reformer.
What nationality was Mietje Rutgers-Hoitsema?
Mietje Rutgers-Hoitsema was Dutch.
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