Jkvr. Mariane Catherine van Hogendorp (August 8, 1834 – September 17, 1909), a member of the
Van Hogendorp family, was a
Dutch feminist. She founded the ' (Dutch Women's Union to Increase Moral Consciousness).
Life
Hogendorp was born on 8 August 1834 in
The Hague
The Hague ( ) is the capital city of the South Holland province of the Netherlands. With a population of over half a million, it is the third-largest city in the Netherlands. Situated on the west coast facing the North Sea, The Hague is the c ...
.
She married Aarnout Klerck in 1875 ending with his death in 1876.
Hogendorp was the founder of the Nederlandsche Vrouwenbond ter Verhooging van het Zedelijk Bewustzijn (NPV), an influential women's organisation which worked for against
prostitution
Prostitution is a type of sex work that involves engaging in sexual activity in exchange for payment. The definition of "sexual activity" varies, and is often defined as an activity requiring physical contact (e.g., sexual intercourse, no ...
, which she managed alongside her sister in 1883–1909. She also worked on issues surrounding prostitution with the English feminist
Josephine Butler
Josephine Elizabeth Butler (; 13 April 1828 – 30 December 1906) was an English feminist and social reformer in the Victorian era. She campaigned for women's suffrage, the right of women to better education, the end of coverture in B ...
.
Hogendorp was a member of the
Vereeniging voor Vrouwenkiesrecht
The Vereeniging voor Vrouwenkiesrecht (Association for Women's Suffrage) was a women's rights organization active in the Netherlands from 1894 to 1919. It was devoted to women's suffrage. It was the main women's suffrage movement in the Netherla ...
from 1894 to 1909,
and the representative of the Netherlands in the international women's movement in 1900. She was president of the ''Vrienden der Armen'' Association from 1874 to 1900.
She died in
Lausanne, Switzerland
Lausanne ( , ; ; ) is the capital and largest city of the Swiss French-speaking canton of Vaud, in Switzerland. It is a hilly city situated on the shores of Lake Geneva, about halfway between the Jura Mountains and the Alps, and facing the ...
on September 17, 1909.
References
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1834 births
1909 deaths
19th-century Dutch people
Anti-prostitution activists
Dutch feminists
Dutch suffragists
Dutch women's rights activists
Jonkvrouws of the Netherlands