Aletta Jacobs

This page lists items in the database related to the Dutch physician Aletta Jacobs (b. Sappemeer, the Netherlands, 9 February 1854; d. Baarn, the Netherlands, 10 August 1929). First woman to earn a medical degree and to practice medicine in the Netherlands, she was a pioneer in women’s health and a leading figure in the international suffrage movement.

• Aletta Jacobs' bust in Sappemeer

• Aletta Jacobs' family house in Sappemeer

• Aletta Jacobs’ funeral monument in Driehuis

• Aletta Jacobs' monument in Amsterdam

• Aletta Jacobs' statue in Groningen

• Baarnsche Sanatorium (Aletta Jacobs' place of death) in Baarn

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Bibliography

- Aletta Jacobs, Memories. My Life as an International Leader in Health, Suffrage and Peace, The Feminist Press, New York 1996, pp. 248

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