Study of revolutionary feminist wins Libris prize for history
DutchNews.nl · 26 Oct 2026

Study of revolutionary feminist wins Libris prize for history

A biography of a radical feminist thinker who published a series of influential revolutionary tracts while raising a family of three children has won this year’s prestigious Libris history prize. Dubbelleven (“Double Life”), a study of the life of the Dutch philosopher Geertruida Kapteyn-Muysken by historian Maite Karssenberg, was praised for “exposing the shockingly subordinate role of women in the 19th century.


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