# Mineke Bosch

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For the resistance fighter, see [Cornelia Bosch (resistance)](/source/Cornelia_Bosch_(resistance)).

**Cornelia Wilhelmina (Mineke) Bosch** (born 1954) is a Dutch historian born in [South Africa](/source/South_Africa). She is Professor of Modern History at the [University of Groningen](/source/University_of_Groningen) in the [Netherlands](/source/Netherlands).

## Early life

Mineke Bosch was born in [Pretoria](/source/Pretoria), [South Africa](/source/South_Africa) on 2 July 1954. She studied history at the University of Groningen and then received her PhD (cum laude) from [Erasmus University Rotterdam](/source/Erasmus_University_Rotterdam) in 1994. It was titled *The gender of science: women and higher education in the Netherlands 1878-1948*.[1]

## Career

Mineke Bosch's research focuses on history of science, women's and gender history, international women's movements and (auto)biography. She is the author of a biography (*An Unwavering Faith in Justice: Aletta Jacobs 1854-1929*) of [Aletta Jacobs](/source/Aletta_Jacobs), the first woman to attend a Dutch university officially and campaigner for [women's suffrage](/source/Women's_suffrage).[2] According to Bosch, "I think Aletta Jacobs would fully agree with the # MeToo movement - although of course I can't speak for her."[3]

Bosch travelled to Moscow with Myriam Everard in 1994 in order to assess if any works from the [International Archives for the Women's Movement](/source/International_Archives_for_the_Women's_Movement) could be recovered.

Between 1998 and 2007 Bosch was Associate Professor in the Centre for Gender and Diversity at the [University of Maastricht](/source/University_of_Maastricht). She was appointed to the centre's special chair in Gender and Science. Her inaugural lecture was entitled *The burden of tradition: Gender and the culture of memory in science*.[1]

Bosch became Professor of Modern History at the [University of Groningen](/source/University_of_Groningen) in 2008.

## Suffrage exhibition

To mark 100 years of universal [suffrage](/source/Suffrage) in the Netherlands, Bosch and Egge Knol have organised an exhibition called *Battle! 100 years of women's suffrage* (*Strijd! 100 jaar vrouwenkiesrecht*) at the [Groninger Museum](/source/Groninger_Museum).[4]

## Selected publications

- Bosch, M. (2019 forthcoming) *Strijd!: de vrouwenkiesrechtbeweging in woord en beeld, 1882-1922*
- Bosch, M. (2005) *Een onwrikbaar geloof in rechtvaardigheid: Aletta Jacobs 1854-1929* Balans ISBN 9789460030321.
- Bosch, M. & Kloosterman, A. (1985) *Lieve Dr. Jacobs. Brieven uit de Wereldbond voor Vrouwenkiesrecht, 1902-1942* Feministische Uitgeverij Sara

## References

1. Bosch, Mineke. ["Curriculum Vitae"](https://www.rug.nl/staff/mineke.bosch/cv). Retrieved 2019-03-31.

1. Bosch, Mineke (2005). *Een onwrikbaar geloof in rechtvaardigheid: Aletta Jacobs 1854-1929* [An Unwavering Faith in Justice: Aletta Jacobs 1854-1929] (in Dutch). Amsterdam: Balans. ISBN 9789460030321.

1. Bos, Kim (2017-10-31). ["Aletta Jacobs zou de #MeToo-oprisping helemaal omarmen"](https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2017/10/31/aletta-jacobs-zou-de-metoo-oprisping-helemaal-omarmen-13775854-a1579393) [Aletta Jacobs would fully embrace the # MeToo movement] (in Dutch). *NRC*. Retrieved 2019-03-31.

1. ["Groninger Museum markeert 100 jaar algemeen kiesrecht met grote tentoonstelling"](https://groningen.nieuws.nl/evenementen-in-groningen/763964/groninger-museum-markeert-100-jaar-algemeen-kiesrecht-met-grote-tentoonstelling/) [Groninger Museum marks 100 years of universal suffrage with a large exhibition] (in Dutch). *Groningen Nieuws*. 2019. Retrieved 2019-03-31.

## External links

- [University webpage](https://www.rug.nl/staff/mineke.bosch/)

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