Joséphine Nyssens Keelhoff
Belgian temperance activist, editor (1833–1917) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Joséphine Nyssens Keelhoff (1833–1917) was a Belgian activist and social reformer identified with the temperance, feminist, and women's rights movements. She was also an editor of publications that supported her activities. Her struggle for temperance social reform included classic propaganda means for the time: organs, brochures, and conferences. Keelhoff wrote articles for the Union des femmes belges contre l'alcoolisme [fr] (Belgian Women's Union Against Alcoholism)'s organs: L'Action sociale first, La Clairière, and Het Geluk des Huisgezins, financing these publications itself.[1] Her death was a severe loss to the temperance movement in Belgium.[2]
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Joséphine Nyssens Keelhoff | |
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Born | Joséphine Nyssens 4 April 1833 Lokeren, East Flanders, Belgium |
Died | 14 March 1917 (aged 83) Neerhaeren, Belgium |
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François Keelhoff
(m. 1875; died 1893) |
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