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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