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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 an affluent Jewish parents, Henry Philip Manus, a tobacco merchant, and Soete Vita Israël, a homemaker, in Amsterdam in the Netherlands.[1][2]
Political career
At the International Congress of Women, 28 April - 10 May 1915, The Hague, Netherlands
Close to Carrie Chapman Catt, Aletta Jacobs...
Founded IIAV
Death
Rosa Manus was transferred to Ravensbrück concentration camp in October 1941.[3] 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.
- ^ Commire, Anne; Klezmer, Deborah; Stavenuiter, Monique (1999-01-01). Women in world history: a biographical encyclopedia. Vol. Vol. 10. Waterford, CT: Yorkin Publications. p. 198. ISBN 078763736X.
{{cite book}}:|volume=has extra text (help) - ^ "International Women's News". February 1946. p. 50.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|url=(help) - ^ "Who was Rosa Manus?". Atria Institute on gender equality and women's history. 18 April 2016. Retrieved 5 June 2016.
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