Definition of Aletta jacobs

1. Noun. Dutch physician who opened the first birth control clinic in the world in Amsterdam (1854-1929).

Exact synonyms: Jacobs
Generic synonyms: Doc, Doctor, Dr., Md, Medico, Physician

Lexicographical Neighbors of Aletta Jacobs

Alep
Alepisaurus
Aleppo
Aleppo boil
Alesha
Aleshia
Alessandria
Alessandro Manzoni
Alessandro di Mariano dei Filipepi
Aletha
Aletris
Aletris aurea
Aletris farinosa
Aletta
Aletta Jacobs
Aleuria aurantia
Aleurites
Aleurites fordii
Aleurites moluccana
Aleut
Aleutian
Aleutian Islander
Aleutian Islands
Aleutians
Aleutic
Aleuts
Aleve
Alex
Alex Boncayao Brigade

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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