Petronella Moens

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Petronella Moens
Portrait of Petronella Moens (1820/1824) by Margaretha Cornelia Boellaard
Born16 November 1762
Died4 January 1843(1843-01-04) (aged 80)
NationalityDutch
OccupationWriter

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 slavery and women suffrage.

Biography[edit]

Bust of Moens in Aardenburg

Petronella Moens was born on 16 November 1762 in Kûbaard, the Netherlands, the third child of Petrus Moens, a pastor, and Maria Lycklama à Nijeholt and grew up in Ossendrecht and Aardenburg. Moens's mother died in 1769 while giving birth to her sister Baukje.[1] That same year, Moens contracted smallpox while staying in IJzendijke and was struck blind.[2] 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 waare christian and would by the end of her life possess ten such awards.[3]

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Citations[edit]

  1. ^ Boos, Carla (September 2014). "Petronella Moens (1762–1843)". Historisch Nieuwsblad (in Dutch).
  2. ^ Baar-de Weerd, Claudette (2009). "Uw sekse en de onze: vrouwen en genootschappen in Nederland en in de ons omringende landen (1750-ca. 1810)". Tijdschrift voor Genderstudies (in Dutch). 13.
  3. ^ "MOENSIANA. Nummer 11 December Petronella Moens en haar literaire vriendinnen en collega s. een uitgave van". docplayer.nl (in Dutch). Petronella Moens Foundation. December 2014. Retrieved 5 November 2016.

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