# Statue of Dr. Aletta Henriëtte Jacobs (1854–1929): Physician, Activist, and an Inspiration

## TL;DR

Dr. Aletta Henriëtte Jacobs was a pioneering Dutch physician and activist who advanced women's rights and modern feminism.

## Contribution

She was the first woman to establish a clinic based on contraceptive principles and a key figure in early women's movements.

## Key findings

- She was among the first female clinicians and university enrollees in the Netherlands.
- Her work influenced campaigns for women's voting rights and improved working conditions.
- She contributed to the international women's movement and advocated for world peace.

## Abstract

Dr Aletta Henriette Jacobs (9 February 1854 to 10 August 1929) was a Dutch physician and advocate of modern-day women's rights, being among the first female clinicians and to formally enrol at a Dutch university. She bolstered the Dutch and international women's movements and pioneered as the first woman to develop a clinic based on contraceptive principles in 1882 internationally. Her legacy has become paramount in the progression of modern-day feminism, where her vigour for equality and diversity has stipulated campaigns to demand women's voting rights, deregulate acts of prostitution, improve working conditions for women, and promote world peace through her work.