Petronella Moens (1762 - 1843)

Short name Petronella Moens
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First name Petronella
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Alternative name Pietje de Potentaat
Date of birth 1762
Date of death 1843
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Place of birth Kubaard (Friesland, NLD)
Place of death Utrecht (Utrecht, NLD)
Lived in Netherlands
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Related to Adriana van Overstraten , Rebekka Ooremans , Margaretha Jacoba de Neufville , Anna Maria Moens , Maria van Zuylekom , Maria-Francisca Doolaeghe , Fenna Mastenbroek
Bibliography Mentioned in: - Heinemeyer M 390-395, 401 - A.J. van der Aa, Parelen uit de lettervruchten van Nederlandsche dichteressen. Amsterdam, Hassels, 1856. - NNBW 1911-1937 - Ter Laan 1941; - Van Bork en Verkruijsse 1985; see link DBNL - Lauwerkrans 1997, p. 12, 13, 47, 60, 61, 69, 71, 73, 76, 77, 79, 83, 86, 671, 677, 708, 715, 716, 742-754, 813, 836, 882. - see URL for Chapter about her in Women's Writing from the Low Countries. - Van Bunge e.a., Dictionary of 17th- and 18th-century Dutch philosophers, 2003 - van den Berg/Couttenier 2009, 34, 44, 116-7, 151-2, 318, 321 - Portrait gallery of Museum of Dutch literary history, as one of the 17 women out of the 115 writers born before 1900 (cf. born after 1900: 65 women, 219 men) (svddec10) Cf. - Ans J. Veltman-van den Bos, "Petronella Moens (1762-1843) : de Vriendin van 't Vaderland". Nijmegen, 2000 - Zengers 2003 - Marita Mathijsen 2004: 127 200 231
Provisional Notes Utrechtse literaire canon nr. 53 (2008) NOT MENTIONED IN: - Jonckbloet - Kalff Van Bunge e.a. 2003 p. 703-4: "Her philosophical relevance lies in the fact that she was a typical advocate of the mainstream moderate Enlightenment, and that she paid special attention to the emancipation of women and slaves." Published in: -- Almanak voor vrouwen door vrouwen (Cf. Zengers 2003). -- Penélopé (1821-1835) -- Album aan het Schoone geslacht toegewijd (1839-1840) (Cf. Jensen, "Bij uitsluiting voor de vrouwelijke sekse geschikt", 2001, resp. p. 247, 249) [E.N.] -- Nederlandsche Muzen-almanak , 1819 en 1833 (Cf. scriptie Fineke te Raa n.a.v. College 'Receptie van vrouwelijke auteurs uit de zeventiende en achttiende eeuw in de achttiende en negentiende eeuw' door Lia van Gemert, 1996.) (SP, july 2005) --Almanak voor Dienstboden (VLO 1840-1, p. 48) -- Vriend des Vaderlands (VdV 1832, p. 783) Published together with: Adriana van Overstraaten, Rebekka Dresselaer geb. Ooremans, Bernardus Bosch en W.H. Warnsink. Received many awards and was member of at least eight (literary) societies. -- Place of birth : Kubaard (near Franeker, Friesland) Lived in Zeeland. Daughter of protestant minister. Blind most of her life. Published a periodical together with Bernardus Bosch. materiaal in Letterkundig Museum UtrechtUnesco voorbeeldensvd HOoms (membership)
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Memberships Other : Literary society, Amsterdamsche dicht- en letteroefenend genootschap
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