In the era of the Industrial Revolution, the first factories were created. There were a lot of people working at low wages and in bad conditions.
Tag: Aletta Jacobs
Aletta Jacobs was the first woman in the Netherlands to be admitted to university in 1871. She studied medicine. All her life, she stood up for women's rights. For 50 years she fought for the introduction of women's suffrage. She was allowed to vote for the first time in 1922.