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Definition of Aletta Jacobs
1. Noun. Dutch physician who opened the first birth control clinic in the world in Amsterdam (1854-1929).
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Literary usage of Aletta Jacobs
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. History of Woman Suffrage by Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan Brownell Anthony, Matilda Joslyn Gage (1922)
"At a morning session the birth of a daughter to the Queen of the Netherlands was
announced and at the request of Dr. Aletta Jacobs, president of the ..."
2. Women at The Hague: The International Congress of Women and Its Results by Jane Addams, Emily Greene Balch, Alice Hamilton (1915)
"On the first evening, Dr. Aletta Jacobs, the President of the Dutch Executive
Committee, in welcoming the members of the Congress, expressed her ..."
3. The American Year Book: A Record of Events and Progress by Francis Graham Wickware, (, Albert Bushnell Hart, (, Simon Newton Dexter North (1916)
"At the close of the Congress, its initiator, Aletta Jacobs (Holland), and its
presiding officer, Jane Addams (United States), together with Emily G. Balch ..."
4. The Story of a Pioneer by Anna Howard Shaw, Elizabeth Garver Jordan (1915)
"The International Alliance meeting in Amsterdam in 1909 was the largest held up
to that time, and much of its success was due to Dr. Aletta Jacobs, ..."
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