Petronella Moens
Petronella Moens | |
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_door_Margaretha_Cornelia_Boellaard_(1795-1872).jpg) Portrait of Petronella Moens (1820/1824) by Margaretha Cornelia Boellaard | |
| Born | 16 November 1762 |
| Died | 4 January 1843 (aged 80) |
| Nationality | Dutch |
| Occupation | Writer |
Petronella Moens (16 November 1762 – 4 January 1843) was a blind Dutch writer, editor, and feminist. She managed a paper in 1788–1797, in which she spoke for political issues such as slavery and women suffrage.
Biography
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Petronella Moens was born on 16 November 1762 in Kûbaard, the Netherlands, the third child of Petrus Moens, a pastor, and Maria Lycklama à Nijeholt and grew up in Ossendrecht and Aardenburg. Moens's mother died in 1769 while giving birth to her sister Baukje.[1] That same year, Moens contracted smallpox while staying in IJzendijke and was struck blind.[2] Despite her disability, she would write dozens of poems and books, such as Songbook for the Churches and its 432 songs. In 1785, she received a gold medal from the Amsteldamsch Dicht- en Letterlievend Genootschap for her poem De waare christian and would by the end of her life possess ten such awards.[3]
See also
[edit]Citations
[edit]- ^ Boos, Carla (September 2014). "Petronella Moens (1762–1843)". Historisch Nieuwsblad (in Dutch).
- ^ Baar-de Weerd, Claudette (2009). "Uw sekse en de onze: vrouwen en genootschappen in Nederland en in de ons omringende landen (1750-ca. 1810)". Tijdschrift voor Genderstudies (in Dutch). 13.
- ^ "MOENSIANA. Nummer 11 December Petronella Moens en haar literaire vriendinnen en collega s. een uitgave van". docplayer.nl (in Dutch). Petronella Moens Foundation. December 2014. Retrieved 5 November 2016.
External links
[edit]- (in Dutch) Website of the Petronella Moens Foundation
- (in Dutch) Digital Library for Dutch Literature: Biographies, works, and texts of Petronella Moens Foundation
- (in Dutch) Digitized edition of the Album Amoricum
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