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Aletta Jacobs, Dutch physician (born 1854)

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Aletta Jacobs

Dutch physician and feminist (1854–1929)

Aletta Henriëtte Jacobs was a Dutch physician and women's suffrage activist. As the first woman officially to attend a Dutch university, she became one of the first female physicians in the Netherlands. In 1882, she founded the world's first birth control clinic and was a leader…
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August 10

Day of the year

August 10 is the 222nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 143 days remain until the end of the year.
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