| Short name |
Betsy Nort |
| VIAF |
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| First name |
Betsy |
| Maiden name |
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| Married name |
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| Alternative name |
Jur. Cand.
,
Betsy Bakker - Nort
|
| Date of birth |
1874 |
| Date of death |
1946 |
| Flourishing |
- |
| Sex |
Female |
| Place of birth |
Groningen (Groningen, NLD) |
| Place of death |
Utrecht (Utrecht, NLD) |
| Lived in |
Sweden
,
Netherlands
,
Terezín
,
Westerbork (Drenthe, NLD)
,
Den Haag (Zuid-Holland, NLD)
,
Denmark
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| Place of residence notes |
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| Related to |
Aletta Jacobs
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| Bibliography |
Mineke Bosch, Een onwrikbaar geloof in rechtvaardigheid. Aletta Jacobs 1854-1929. Balans 2005. Persoonsarchief in het IIAV online-portrait |
| Provisional Notes |
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.
UtrechtUnesco |