Petronella Moens

Portrait of Petronella Moens (1820/1824)
by Margaretha Cornelia Boellaard

Petronella Moens (16 November 1762, Kûbaard - 4 January 1843, Utrecht) was a blind Dutch writer, editor and feminist. She managed a paper in 1788-1797, in which she spoke for political issues such as slavery and women suffrage.

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Bust of Moens in Aardenburg


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