Papers Emilia Coops-Broese van Groenou 1909-1953

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Identity Area

Collection ID	IIAV00000044
Unitdate	1909-1953
Language of Material	English/Engels
GeoCountry	Netherlands/Nederland
Processing Information	Inventory made by Annemarie Kloosterman in 1993
	English version made by Annette Mevis in 2013
	Digitized in 2014.
Access and Use	Accessible/Vrij
Access Note	To be consulted only digitally
Preferred Citation	Papers Emilia Coops-Broese van Groenou , inv.no …, Collection International Archives for the Women's Movement (IAV), in Atria, Institute on Gender Equality and Women’s History
Extent of archives (m)	0.02

Biographical Note / Biografie

Born on 28 August 1876 in Breda, died on 18 March 1966 in The Hague; forename Miel; sister of Mien van Wulfften Palthe-Broese van Groenou; got a teachers degree; studied song at the Koninklijke Muziekschool (Conservatorium) in The Hague, later in Rome, Milaan and Berlin, but she never performed; married in 1909 Johan W.G. Coops and they got three daughters; was interested in the theories of Maria Montessori and founded in 1914 the first Montessori class in The Netherlands in the garden room in her parents villa; from 1908 a member of the Dutch Association of Women's Suffrage (Vereeniging voor Vrouwenkiesrecht, VVK), in 1909 board member of VVK, The Hague branch; secretary of the Dutch National Association of Women's Labor (Nationale Vereniging voor Vrouwenarbeid) 1911-1921; member of the Women's International League of Peace and Freedom, the Netherlands (Internationale Vrouwenbond voor Vrede en Vrijheid (IVVV) Nederlandsche Afdeling).

Scope and Content

Received letters 1909-1932, 1937, among others from Rosika Schwimmer [1913] 1930-1931, Lida Gustava Heymann and Anita Augspurg 1930-1932; photocopies of letters 1913-1919, 1940, from among others C.S. Groot 1913.

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