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Joséphine Nyssens Keelhoff
Joséphine Nyssens Keelhoff (1833–1917) was a Belgian activist and social reformer identified with the temperance movement, temperance, Feminist movement, 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 (Belgian Women's Union Against Alcoholism)'s organs: ''L'Action sociale first'', ''La Clairière'', and ''Het Geluk des Huisgezins'', financing these publications itself. Her death was a severe loss to the temperance movement in Belgium. Early life and education Joséphine Nyssens was born at Lokeren, East Flanders, 4 April 1833. She was raised in a Catholic environment, a typically bourgeois family, where her mother raised a large family of fifteen children, of whom Joséphine was ninth. Her father ran a cotton fabric factory. At a time when compulsory educati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lokeren
Lokeren () is a City status in Belgium, city and Municipalities in Belgium, municipality located in the Belgian Provinces of Belgium, province of East Flanders, and belongs to the Waasland, also called ''Land van Waas'', of which it is the second most important city after Sint-Niklaas. The city, located on the river Durme, the Lede, and the European route E17, E17 motorway, has more than 42,100 inhabitants who are called Lokeraars or Rapenfretters. Because Lokeren is located on the Durme, Lokeren is often called "The Durme City". Lokerse paardenworst, Horse sausages are officially recognized as a regional product. Toponym A group of authors see the element ''luken'' in the place name, which means (en)close or to close, to shut. Lokeren would refer to an enclosed place between the Durme and a forest area with wild animals. According to another theory, the name Lokeren would derive from, on the one hand, the Indo-European root word ''leuk'', which means clear or shiny, and on the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
