Aletta Jacobs was born in Sappemeer, Netherlands back in 1854 to Abraham and Anna. She finished primary school in 1867 however, girls in that time were not allowed to enter high school.
She studied on her however, and passed the exam which allowed her to be an assistant chemist. In 1871, she was granted permission to attend the University of Groningen. She graduated in 1879, and in just a short year later she received her doctorate.
She taught elementary courses in hygiene and childcare providing contraception for women for protection of sexually transmitted diseases. It was also not uncommon for females to stand for 10 hours at a time. She was a founding force in giving women the right to take brakes insisting stores provide women with a bench so they could rest when not waiting on a customer.
She moved to London where she became involved in the International Women Suffrage Alliance. She involvement paid off when in 1919 women obtained the right to vote in the Netherlands. She died in 1929, she was 75.
What you may not know about Aletta is that she was the first woman to attend a Dutch University officially and the first female physician in the Netherlands. Until tomorrow keep a smile on your face and a penny in your pocket
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