Titia van der Tuuk

Van der Tuuk, ca. 1885
(Bruining photographers, Arnhem)

Titia Klasina Elisabeth van der Tuuk (November 27, 1854 – May 7, 1939), commonly known as Titia van der Tuuk, was a Dutch feminist. She was born in 't Zandt, Groningen to a preacher and a writer of children's literature. She initially worked as a teacher, but had to give up her profession due to deafness and hostility toward her because she was an avowed atheist. From 1885 onward, she started translating foreign literature into Dutch (such as Leo Tolstoy's War and Peace) and writing children's literature and historic novels. She was passionate in her activism for atheism, teetotalism, vegetarianism and pacifism. She often used the pseudonym Vitalis (adj. of vita, meaning life in Latin). She was never married and died in Zeist, age 84.[1][2]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Titia van der Tuuk.

Notes

  1. ↑ Everard, Myriam (2003-02-13). "Biografisch Woordenboek van het Socialisme en de Arbeidersbeweging in Nederland (BWSA): TUUK, Titia Klasina Elisabeth van der" (in Dutch). IISG. Retrieved 2008-05-26.
  2. ↑ Toorn-Van Dam, Martine van den (1970). "De waarheid over het vegetarisme" (in Dutch) (3rd ed.). Emmen (Netherlands): Stichting De Ark (published 1974).
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 4/9/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.