Herinneringen Van Dr. Aletta H. Jacobs is a memoir published in 1924 by Aletta H. Jacobs, the first woman in the Netherlands to earn a medical degree. The book chronicles her pioneering journey in medicine, her advocacy for women's rights, and her struggles for personal and professional independence. Jacobs reflects on her early life, her education in London, and her global travels, highlighting her contributions to women's social and political equality, including the establishment of the first birth control clinic in Amsterdam in 1882. Her work significantly influenced the early feminist movement in the Netherlands and beyond.
