Aletta Jacobs

Close up portrait of Aletta Jacobs, wearing a coat embroidered with flowers

Dr. Aletta Jacobs, Dutch suffragette, first female Dutch university graduate and first Dutch female physician, and birth control advocate.

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Jewish Women's Archive. "Aletta Jacobs." (Viewed on March 6, 2025) <http://qa.jwa.org/media/aletta-jacobs>.