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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
Petronella Moens was born on 16 November 1762 in Kûbaard, the
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slavery
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and women suffrage
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Biography
Petronella Moens was born on 16 November 1762 in Kûbaard, the Netherlands
, Terminology of the Low Countries, informally Holland, is a country in Northwestern Europe, with Caribbean Netherlands, overseas territories in the Caribbean. It is the largest of the four constituent countries of the Kingdom of the Nether ...
, the third child of Petrus Moens, a pastor, and Maria Lycklama à Nijeholt and grew up in Ossendrecht and Aardenburg
Aardenburg is a small city close to the Dutch border with Belgium. It is part of the Sluis Municipality, located in the province of Zeeland in the Netherlands. Its medieval name was Rodenburgh (Red Castle).
In the Sint-Baafskerk, (Saint Bavo's C ...
. Moens's mother died in 1769 while giving birth to her sister Baukje. That same year, Moens contracted smallpox
Smallpox was an infectious disease caused by Variola virus (often called Smallpox virus), which belongs to the genus '' Orthopoxvirus''. The last naturally occurring case was diagnosed in October 1977, and the World Health Organization (W ...
while staying in IJzendijke
IJzendijke is a city in the municipality of Sluis, about 10 km east of Oostburg, in the Dutch province of Zeeland.
The town received city rights in 1303.
History
The town was first mentioned in 1127 as Isendica, and means " dike of Iso ...
and was struck blind. 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'' ''christian'' and would by the end of her life possess ten such awards.
See also
*List of women printers and publishers before 1800
This list of women printers and publishers before 1800 includes women active as printers or publishers prior to the 19th century. Before the printing press was invented, books were made from pages written by scribes, and it could take up to a ye ...
Citations
External links
*Website of the Petronella Moens Foundation
* Digital Library for Dutch Literature
Biographies, works, and texts of Petronella Moens Foundation
*
Digitized edition of the Album Amoricum
1762 births 1843 deaths 18th-century Dutch women writers 18th-century Dutch writers Dutch feminists Dutch journalists Dutch women poets Dutch blind people Blind writers People from Littenseradiel 18th-century Dutch businesspeople 18th-century Dutch journalists 18th-century publishers (people) 18th-century Dutch businesswomen 18th-century Dutch women journalists Blind poets {{Netherlands-writer-stub