1001 Vrouwen uit de Nederlandse geschiedenis

1001 Vrouwen uit de Nederlandse geschiedenis

Language	Dutch
Genre	Biographical dictionary
Publisher	Uitgeverij Vantilt
Publication date	2013
Publication place	Netherlands
Pages	1555
ISBN	978-94-6004120-4
OCLC	827790391

1001 Vrouwen uit de Nederlandse geschiedenis is a compilation of 1001 biographies of famous women of the Netherlands spanning roughly 1700 years.^[1]

The book is the result of a research project called the Digital Women's lexicon of the Netherlands (Digitaal Vrouwenlexicon van Nederland) led by Els Kloek.^[2] The biographies are presented in alphabetical order, and can also be viewed online.^[3] The breakdown of biographies per period according to the website (which is still growing) is as follows:

Period of birth	Number of biographies
before 1399	70
1400-1499	50
1500-1599	162
1600-1699	295
1700-1799	286
1800-1899	278
1900-1999	125

Over 300 writers contributed biographies. The historians Anna de Haas, Marloes Huiskamp, Els Kloek, and Kees Kuiken each wrote over 40 biographies, while nearly a third were the combined work of various editors. The book was designed by Irma Boom.

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  Saint Cunera (lived ca. 337)
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  Petronilla van Saksen (ca. 1082–1144)
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  Aleid van Holland (1228–1284)
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  Johanna van Brabant (1322–1406)
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  Jacoba van Beieren (1401–1436)
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  Margaret of Austria, Duchess of Savoy (1480–1530)
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  Kenau (1526-1588/1589)
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  Judith Leyster (1609–1660)
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  Maria Schalcken (1645–1699)
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  Rachel Ruysch (1664–1750)
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  Henriëtte Catharina van Oranje (1637–1708)
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  Belle van Zuylen (1740–1805)
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  Marie-Anne Collot (1748–1821)
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  Alexine Tinne (1835–1869)
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  Thérèse Schwartze (1851–1918)
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  Suze Robertson (1855–1922)
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  Neel Doff (1858–1942)
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  Helene Kröller-Müller (1869–1939)
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  Mata Hari (1876–1917)
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  Annie M.G. Schmidt (1911–1995)
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  Marga Klompé (1912–1986)
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  Audrey Hepburn (1929–1993)
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  Karin Adelmund (1949–2005)

Some of the more prominent women included in the book are:

• (in Dutch) 1001 Vrouwen uit de Nederlandse geschiedenis, book website
• (in Dutch) Digitaal Vrouwenlexicon van Nederland