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Aletta Jacobs ( 9 February 1854 - 10 August 1929 ) was the first woman to complete a university course in the Netherlands and the first female Physician . She was born to a Jewish doctor's family in Sappemeer . She left the local school when she was 13 to study at a ladies' school but did not enjoy the experience, returning home after just two weeks where she was taught housework by her mother, but also learned French and German in the evenings, and later Latin and Greek from her father. In 1871 she began studying at the University Of Groningen , initially on a one year basis, but her request for permanent admission was granted after that year. In 1876 she continued her studes at Amsterdam University , receiving a medical degree in 1878 and a medical doctorate a year later. An early proponent of artificial Birth Control methods, she opened the world's first birth control clinic in Amsterdam in 1878 . As a leader of the Dutch Association for Woman's Suffrage, Dr. Jacobs helped initiate the Hague Congress of 1915 that led to the formation of the Women's International League For Peace And Freedom (WILPF). EXTERNAL LINKS |
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