Eerste Vrouw Universiteit: Schurman & Jacobs's Fight for Education
A Legacy of Learning: Two Women, Two Centuries, One Unwavering Pursuit The history of women’s access to higher education is a tapestry woven with threads of resistance, resilience, and remarkable achievement. Two figures, separated by nearly two centuries, stand out as powerful symbols of this ongoing struggle: Anna Maria van Schurman (1607-1678) and Aletta Jacobs (1854-1929). Their individual journeys, though vastly different in context, both illuminate the persistent fight for educational equality and the long road towards gender equity....