Mariane van Hogendorp explained

Mariane van Hogendorp
Birth Date:8 August 1834
Birth Place:The Hague, Netherlands
Death Place:Lausanne, Switzerland
Nationality:Dutch
Occupation:Social Reformer

jkvr. Mariane Catherine van Hogendorp (August 8, 1834, The Hague – September 17, 1909, Lausanne), a member of the Van Hogendorp family, was a Dutch feminist. She founded the (Dutch Women's Union to Increase Moral Consciousness).

Life

Hogendorp was born on 8 August 1834 in The Hague.[1] She married Aarnout Klerck in 1875 ending with his death in 1876.

Hogendorp was the founder of the Nederlandsche Vrouwenbond ter Verhooging van het Zedelijk Bewustzijn (NPV), an influential women's organisation which worked for against prostitution, which she managed alongside her sister in 1883–1909. She also worked on issues surrounding prostitution with the English feminist Josephine Butler.[2]

Hogendorp was a member of the Vereeniging voor Vrouwenkiesrecht from 1894 to 1909,[3] and the representative of the Netherlands in the international women's movement in 1900. She was president of the Vrienden der Armen Association from 1874 to 1900.[2]

She died in Lausanne, Switzerland on September 17, 1909.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Hogendorp, Mariane Catherine van . Biografisch Portaal van Nederland . 4 August 2019.
  2. Web site: Vries . Petra de . Hogendorp, Mariane Catherine van (1834-1909) . Digitaal Vrouwenlexicon van Nederland . 4 August 2019 . Dutch . 4 October 2018.
  3. Web site: Strijland . Arlette . Marianne Klerck-van Hogendorp . Atria . 4 August 2019 . nl . 22 February 2019.