''Moeder'' (literally meaning "

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") was a Dutch

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, published from 1934 to 1974; from 1961 on the magazine was called ''De Prinses'' (literally "The

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"). Edited by Jan Waterink, a

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and

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and later rector at the VU University Amsterdam, it was a

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weekly offering practical advice to

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, combined with amusement and religious content. The magazine had a neo-Calvinist stance. In the 1940s, the magazine had a readership of around 10,000; by 1961 when it changed its name to ''De Prinses'', it had a circulation of 201,000, competitive with non-denominational magazines such as '' Libelle'' and '' Margriet''. Unlike those two magazines, however, ''De Prinses'' did not manage to navigate the great changes in Dutch society of the late 1960s; secularization and depillarization greatly lessened the need for Protestant women's publications.

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