Josephine Baerveldt-Haver

Josephine Baerveldt-Haver
Born
Josephine Sare Rosine Haver

23 February 1868
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Died20 or 22 June 1945
Tjideng internment camp, Batavia, Dutch East Indies
Burial place
Ereveld Menteng Pulo, Jakarta
OrganizationVereeniging voor Vrouwenkiesrecht

Josephine Sare Rosine Baerveldt-Haver (23 February 1868 – 20 or 22 June 1945) was a Dutch women's suffrage activist.

Biography

Baerveldt-Haver was born in Amsterdam.[1] Her sister was the Dutch feminist and journalist Theodora "Dora" Petronelle Bernardine Haver.[2] She married Jacques Baerveldt.[3]

Baerveldt-Haver joined the Dutch Vereeniging voor Vrouwenkiesrecht (VVK, Association for Women's Suffrage) in 1903. She became the chair of the Amsterdam branch.[4] In 1916, she co-founded her own women's suffrage association.[4]

Baerveldt-Haver died on 20 or 22 June 1945 in the Japanese-run internment camp for women and children, Tjideng in Batavia, Dutch East Indies. She was reburied at the Ereveld Menteng Pulo in Jakarta, also known as the Jakarta Dutch Field Of Honor.[2][5]

References

  1. ↑ "Collectie Josephine Sare Rosine Baerveldt-Haver 1906-1939". collectie.atria.nl. Archived from the original on 5 August 2021. Retrieved 2 August 2026.
  2. 1 2 Everard, Myriam. "Josephine Baerveldt-Haver" (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 4 July 2017. Retrieved 2 August 2026.
  3. ↑ "Haver, Josephine Sare Rosine". www.biografischportaal.nl. Retrieved 2 August 2026.
  4. 1 2 "Vrouwen voor vrouwen: feministen door de tijd heen" (in Dutch). Retrieved 2 August 2026.
  5. ↑ "Josephine Sare Rosine Baerveldt-Haver". Oorlogsgravenstichting (in Dutch). Retrieved 2 August 2026.