Dutch psychiatrist , Lucien von Römer (1873-1965) was one of the first physicians in the Netherlands who examined the issue of homosexuality from a scientific position.
Author published Labouring lives: women, work and the demographic transition in the Netherlands 1880-1960 (Peter Lang, 2014). in this article author looks at the women who have led this 'quiet revolution', like Catharina Maria Weijters, one of the 2000 Dutch women born between 1881-1885 and between 1911-1915, author studied. Her two grandmothers set her out on a course that ended in the publication of her book.
Interview with Women's Studies professor Tuija Pulkkinen from the Christina Institute for Gender Studies at the University of Helsinki. Pulkkinen gives an overview of the history of Women's Studies in Finland, from the early 1980s up to its role today in both the academic world and the present-day public debate on gender roles.