Rosa Manus

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Overview

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Rosa Manus born Amsterdam August 20, 1881 (d. 1943). Dutch feminist and pacifist; co-founded WILPF 1915; archivist founded IAV International Archive of Women 1935; visited women Latin America with Carrie Chapman Catt 1921-3; deported and died in Nazi concentration camp Ravensbrück.

Quotations

"Not even in Holland and maybe not anywhere in the world we shall ever be safe." (Leila Rupp, Worlds of Women, p. 59, 1997; photo historici.nl)