Julie du Bosch explained

Julie du Bosch
Birth Date:13 February 1797
Birth Place:Ghent, Belgium
Death Date:4 April 1847
Death Place:Ghent, Belgium
Nationality:Belgian
Occupation:Social reformer
Spouse:Nicolas De Keyser
Children:None
Mother:Coleta Sunaert
Father:Grégoire du Bosch

Julie du Bosch (1797–1847) was a Belgian social reformer who, together with her friend Zoé de Gamond, from 1831 publicized Saint-Simonianism (a political and economic ideology founded by Henri de Saint-Simon) in the newly founded Kingdom of Belgium.[1] [2]

Julie was born in Ghent on 13 February 1797 to a wealthy family, her parents being Coleta Sunaert and Grégoire du Bosch. In 1834 she married Nicolas De Keyser. They never had children, and she devoted her time to researching and writing on social issues. She died in Ghent on 4 April 1847.

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Notes and References

  1. Dictionnaire des femmes belges: XIXe et XXe siècles, edited by Éliane Gubin, Catherine Jacques, Valérie Piette and Jean Puissant (Brussels, 2006), pp. 215-17.
  2. Jan van den Berghe, Vergeten Vrouwen: Een tegendraadse kroniek van België (Kalmthout, 2016), pp. 262-266.