In this blog post, Nina Geerdink makes a startling discovery. Even though it has often been noted that many Dutch women stopped writing once married, she finds that there was a sizable group of women who did continue or even start writing after getting married. Here, she shows that their motivations for writing were complex but often related to their husbands.

Onderwerpen: 1600-1700 gender motivatie 1700-1800 historische context literaire wereld weldoeners

Auteur: dr. Nina Geerdink