Aletta Jacobs
Dutch physician and feminist, editor (1854-1929) · Netherlands · Doctors · Died at 75
Aletta Jacobs is read about 172 times a day, in 34 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 7 October 2026
The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 72 days, one point a day.
Something wrong?Aletta Henriëtte Jacobs was a Dutch physician and women's suffrage activist. As the first woman officially to attend a Dutch university, she became one of the first female physicians in the Netherlands.
Also in Deutsch
Photos 11
Levy Ali Cohen (1807-1889)
Rijks Hogere Burgerschool of Sappemeer; later the Aletta Jacobs Lyceum
Carel Victor Gerritsen, Jacobs' husband
Jacobs, circa 1880
De Vrouw: Haar bouw en haar inwendige organen, (The Woman: Her physique and her internal organs), 1897
Vereeniging voor Vrouwenkiesrecht (Association for Women's Suffrage) officers: From left to right - Jo Van Buuren-Huys (first secretary), Frederike van Balen-Klaar (vice president), Aletta H. Jacobs (president), Clara Mulder van de Graaf-de Bruyn, Jeanne Carolina van Lanschot- Hubrecht (second secretary) and Sophie Wichers (treasurer); Amsterdam, February 1914.
International Congress of Women in 1915. left to right:1. Lucy Thoumaian - Armenia, 2. Leopoldine Kulka, 3. Laura Hughes - Canada, 4. Rosika Schwimmer - Hungary, 5. Anika Augspurg - Germany, 6. Jane Addams - USA, 7. Eugenie Hanner, 8. Aletta Jacobs - Netherlands, 9. Chrystal Macmillan - UK, 10. Rosa Genoni - Italy, 11. Anna Kleman - Sweden, 12. Thora Daugaard - Denmark, 13. Louise Keilhau - NorwayIn their orbit 3
About this person
Aletta Henriëtte Jacobs was a Dutch physician and women's suffrage activist. As the first woman officially to attend a Dutch university, she became one of the first female physicians in the Netherlands. In 1882, she founded the world's first birth control clinic and was a leader in both the Dutch and international women's movements. She led campaigns aimed at deregulating prostitution, improving women's working conditions, promoting peace and calling for women's right to vote.
Doctors from the Netherlands 6
Fame.am measures public visibility signals. It does not measure human value, talent, morality, or credibility.