Fernande Baetens Explained

Fernande Baetens (1901 Antwerp – 1977) was a 20th-century Belgian Catholic feminist[1] jurist. In 1930, she joined the National Council of Belgian Women (CNFB). She became assistant to the National Secretary in 1933 and took part in the International Council of Women (CIF) in Stockholm.[2] In 1935, she was appointed National Secretary of the CNFB and Vice President until 1957.[3] She was particularly affected by the situation of poor families and advocated for the education of mothers at the social, civic and personal levels.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Sara L. Kimble, Marion Röwekamp. New Perspectives on European Women's Legal History. Routledge, 2016. 339.
  2. Book: [[Éliane Gubin]], Valerie Piette and John Strong. Dictionary Belgian women: nineteenth and twentieth centuries . Brussels, Racine, 2006.
  3. Book: Eliane Gubin. Dictionnaire des femmes belges: XIXe et XXe siècles. Lannoo Uitgeverij, 2006. 38.
  4. Book: Catherine Jacques. Belgian and feminist struggles for political and economic equality, 1918-1969. Royal Academy of Belgium, 2013.

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