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Nort, Betsy (1874 - 1946)

Last edited by Alicia_Montoya on Nov. 21, 2024, 8:53 p.m.
Short name Nort, Betsy
VIAF http://viaf.org/viaf/27042076/
First name Betsy
Birth name Nort
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Alternative name Jur. Cand. — Betsy Bakker - Nort
Date of birth 1874
Date of death 1946
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Sex Female
Place of birth Groningen
Place of death Utrecht
Lived in Sweden , Netherlands , Terezín , Westerbork (Drenthe) , Den Haag , Denmark
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Education Higher education, School education
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related to Jacobs, Aletta
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Memberships Vereeniging voor Vrouwenkiesrecht , Vrijzinnig-Democratische Bond
Place(s) of Residence Sweden , Netherlands , Terezín , Westerbork (Drenthe) , Den Haag , Denmark
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De wonderen van den Anti-Christ (1901) 0 0
*Julehelg. Fortaelling (1903) 0 0
Een doktersfamilie in het hooge Noorden : een verhaal voor moeders en kinderen (1903) 0 0
Mevrouwtje Elsebeth : een requiem (1905) 0 0
De weerloozen (1905) 0 0
De gezegende dag : een verhaal van de Osterlide pastorie (1906) 0 0
In het zwaluwhuis, naar het Noorsch (1906) 0 0
Stille dagen (1907) 0 0
Als de schemering daalt... (1909) 0 0
Ouders (1910) 0 0
Schets van de rechtspositie der getrouwde vrouw in Duitschland, Zwitserland, Engeland, Frankrijk en Nederland (1914) 0 0
Schets van de rechtspositie der getrouwde vrouw (1915) 0 0
Beroepsarbeid der gehuwde vrouw (1921) 0 0
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Mineke Bosch, Een onwrikbaar geloof in rechtvaardigheid. Aletta Jacobs 1854-1929. Balans 2005. Persoonsarchief in het IIAV online-portrait

Married to Gerrid Bakker, with whom she translated several works.
Active member of the Vereniging Voor Vrouwen Kiesrecht (VVVK founded 1894) (Society for Women Suffrage)

Grew up in non-believing Jewish family.

Studied Law at university.

Studied Scandinavian languages in Denmark and Sweden for several years after leaving a secondary school for girls. Translated around 40 Swedish, Danish and Norwegian novels and children books between 1900 and 1911, for instance De wonderen van den antichrist (Antikrists mirakler) by Selma Lagerlöf and Twijfel by Amalie Skram. (ING, See link, SP july 2005)

Worked as a lawyer.
Member of the Dutch House of Representatives for 18 years. (ING)
- Other : Politician: Member of the Dutch Parliament

Member of Vrijzinnig-Democratische Bond (political party)

Deported in December 1943 to the Westerbork transit camp. Deported in 1944 to concentration camp Theresienstadt. Survived this camp together with 400 other Dutch prisoners, left Theresienstadt in June 1945, and spent the last months of her life in Utrecht.

Material in Letterkundig Museum, The Hague.

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