Francisca Wilhelmina "Cisca" Dresselhuys (born 21 April 1943 in
Leeuwarden) was the first head editor of the Dutch feminist monthly magazine ''
Opzij'' from 1 November 1981 until 1 April 2008.
Her journalistic career started at the daily ''
Trouw''.
On 11 June 2001, she received the
Anne Vondeling prize
The Anne Vondeling prize (''Anne Vondelingprijs''), named after the politician Anne Vondeling a member of the Dutch Labour Party, is an annual award in The Netherlands given to journalists
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for her publications in the year 2000. For the award she received 5000
guilders and a sculpture of
Anne Vondeling.
As a
republican, Dresselhuys opined that the
abdication of Beatrix in 2013 should have been seized to abolish the
Dutch monarchy. Although she was quite content with
Máxima's efforts for the
emancipation of women thus far, it was unjust how her position as the king's wife was subordinate, despite her misleading
style of 'Queen'. In case of a new female head of state, Dresselhuys preferred a president heading a republic 'who has to deserve it, has to fight, take responsibility.'
Work
*''Drukker dan ooit. Werken na je 65ste'' (2011). Just Publishers.
References
1943 births
Living people
Feminist writers
Dutch republicans
Dutch journalists
Dutch investigative journalists
People from Leeuwarden
Dutch feminists
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