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Following the 1908 Congress, Manus became secretary of the Dutch Association for Women's Suffrage.<ref name=":0" /> |
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In 1913, Manus served as organizer, together with [[Mia Boissevain]], of the exhibition “De Vrouw 1813–1913,” on the lives of Dutch women. |
In 1913, Manus served as organizer, together with [[Mia Boissevain]], of the exhibition “De Vrouw 1813–1913,” on the lives of Dutch women.<ref name=":1" /> |
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In 1915 Manus assisted the [[Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom]] (WILPF) in organizing the International Women’s Conference against War. |
In 1915 Manus assisted the [[Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom]] (WILPF) in organizing the International Women’s Conference against War. |
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==Death== |
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Rosa Manus was deported by the Nazis in 1940 and transferred to [[Ravensbrück concentration camp]] in October 1941.<ref>{{cite web | title=International Women's News | date=February 1946 | pages=50}}</ref> She was likely gassed at [[Bernburg]] in 1942. There is conflicting information around her date of death.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.atria.nl/en/publication/who-was-rosa-manus | title=Who was Rosa Manus? | publisher=Atria Institute on gender equality and women's history | date=18 April 2016 | accessdate=5 June 2016}}</ref> |
Rosa Manus was deported by the Nazis in 1940 and transferred to [[Ravensbrück concentration camp]] in October 1941.<ref>{{cite web | title=International Women's News | date=February 1946 | pages=50}}</ref> She was likely gassed at [[Bernburg]] in 1942. There is conflicting information around her date of death.<ref name=":1">{{cite web | url=https://www.atria.nl/en/publication/who-was-rosa-manus | title=Who was Rosa Manus? | publisher=Atria Institute on gender equality and women's history | date=18 April 2016 | accessdate=5 June 2016}}</ref> |
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Revision as of 19:49, 5 June 2016
Rosa Manus | |
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| Rosette Susanna Manus | |
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| Born | August 20, 1881 |
| Died | August 3, 1948 (aged 5–6) |
| Known for | suffragist women's rights advocate pacifist |
Rosette Susanna (Rosa) Manus (best known as Rosa Manus, August 20, 1881 – 1942) was a Dutch-born pacifist, feminist and female suffragist.
Early years
Rosa Manus was born the second of seven children to affluent Jewish parents, Henry Philip Manus, a tobacco merchant, and Soete Vita Israël, a homemaker, in Amsterdam in the Netherlands.[1][2]
Women's suffrage and pacifism work
Manus became involved with the international women's suffrage movement in 1908 at the Congress of the International Woman Suffrage Alliance (IWSA). At the 1908 Congress she met Dutch suffragist Aletta Jacobs and American suffragist Carrie Chapman Catt, who would become lifelong colleagues and friends. Catt and Manus in particular developed a close relationship.[3]
Following the 1908 Congress, Manus became secretary of the Dutch Association for Women's Suffrage.[2]
In 1913, Manus served as organizer, together with Mia Boissevain, of the exhibition “De Vrouw 1813–1913,” on the lives of Dutch women.[4]
In 1915 Manus assisted the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) in organizing the International Women’s Conference against War.
At the International Congress of Women, 28 April - 10 May 1915, The Hague, Netherlands
Founded IIAV
Death
Rosa Manus was deported by the Nazis in 1940 and transferred to Ravensbrück concentration camp in October 1941.[5] She was likely gassed at Bernburg in 1942. There is conflicting information around her date of death.[4]
References
- ^ "Rosa Manus | Jewish Women's Archive". jwa.org. Retrieved 2016-06-05.
- ^ a b Commire, Anne; Klezmer, Deborah; Stavenuiter, Monique (1999-01-01). Women in world history: a biographical encyclopedia. Vol. Vol. 10. Waterford, CT: Yorkin Publications. p. 199. ISBN 078763736X.
{{cite book}}:|volume=has extra text (help) - ^ Rupp, Leila J (1997-01-01). Worlds of women: the making of an international women's movement. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press. pp. 190–191, 196–197. ISBN 0691016763.
- ^ a b "Who was Rosa Manus?". Atria Institute on gender equality and women's history. 18 April 2016. Retrieved 5 June 2016.
- ^ "International Women's News". February 1946. p. 50.
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Further reading
External links
- Archief Rosa Manus Fonds, Atria, kennisinstituut voor emancipatie en vrouwengeschiedenis (Institute on gender equality and women's history), Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Rosika Schwimmer Papers, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library, New York, NY
- Schwimmer Family Papers, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library, New York, NY