Geesje Feddes

Geesje Feddes
Born(1831-12-22)22 December 1831
Leeuwarden, Netherlands
Died24 September 1882(1882-09-24) (aged 50)
Leeuwarden, Netherlands
OccupationsFeminist and writer
Children12

Geesje Beekhuis (née Feddes, 22 December 1831 – 24 September 1882) was a Dutch feminist and writer.

Family

Feddes was born on 22 December 1831 in Leeuwarden. Her father was a merchant who traded in livestock and real estate and her mother came from a family of goldsmiths. She married Christiaan Houdijn Beekhuis, who worked as a notary, on 15 February 1855 in Leeuwarden. She moved to live with her husband in Buitenpost and they had twelve children.

Career

In 1870, Feddes published the pamphlet Equal Rights for All! (Dutch: Gelijk recht voor allen!). The 36 page pamphlet was published under a pseudonym and argued for equal legal rights to men for women in Dutch society. She compared the rights of women to those of criminals.

During the later 1870s, Feddes also wrote letters to the women's weekly magazine Ons Streven.

Death

Feddes died on 24 September 1882 in Leeuwarden.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Kloek, Els (12 January 2025). "Feddes, Geesje (1831-1882)". Digitaal Vrouwenlexicon van Nederland (in Dutch).
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  3. ↑ Poelstra, Jannie (1996). Luiden van een andere beweging: huishoudelijke arbeid in Nederland, 1840-1920 (in Dutch). Het Spinhuis. p. 130. ISBN 978-90-5589-064-4.
  4. ↑ Aerts, Remieg; Brummer, Coen; Schutte, Gertjan (14 November 2024). Machtswoorden: Over schrijverschap en politiek in Nederland (in Dutch). Prometheus. ISBN 978-90-446-5781-4.
  5. ↑ "Wandeling door Leeuwarden vol verhalen over illustere Friese vrouwen". Trouw (in Dutch). Retrieved 19 August 2026.