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'''Wim Hora Adema''' (14 July 1914-1998) was a [[Dutch people|Dutch]] [[author]] of [[children's literature]] and a [[feminist]], notable especially for being the co-founder of ''[[Opzij]]'', founded in 1972 as a radical feminist monthly magazine.
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'''Wim Hora Adema''' (14 July 1914 &ndash; 10 December 1998<ref name=koerts/>) was a [[Dutch people|Dutch]] [[author]] of [[children's literature]] and a [[feminist]], notable for being the co-founder of ''[[Opzij]]'', founded in 1972 as a [[radical feminism|radical feminist]] monthly magazine. She was one of the best-known women of the Dutch [[Second-wave feminism|second wave of feminism]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Agerbeek|first=Marjan|title=Dinosaurussen van de tweede feministische golf ; Ontmanteling|newspaper=[[Trouw]]|date=2 October 2001}}</ref>


==Biography==
==Biography==
Adema began her career as an unpaid worker for the ''[[Algemeen Handelsblad]]'', a [[Liberalism|liberal]] [[Amsterdam]] newspaper and worked there until 1941. During [[World War II]], she was active in the [[Dutch resistance]], which brought her in contact with the group that published ''[[Het Parool]]'', an illegal resistance paper. After the war ended, ''Het Parool'' hired her as editor for national news. Three years later she started a women's column, which also published reviews of children's books.<ref name=personen>{{cite web|title=Hora Adema, Wim|url=http://www.personenencyclopedie.info/H/Ho/Hor/HORA%20ADEMA,%20Wim/view|publisher=De Personenencylopedie|accessdate=6 March 2011}}</ref>
Adema began her career as an unpaid worker for the ''[[Algemeen Handelsblad]]'', a [[Liberalism|liberal]] [[Amsterdam]] newspaper; in 1939, she was appointed editor for the national section. She worked there until 1941, when she resigned as a protest against the anti-Jewish measures taken at the paper.<ref name=koerts/> During [[World War II]], she was active in the [[Dutch resistance]], which brought her in contact with the group that published ''[[Het Parool]]'', an illegal resistance paper.<ref name=koerts/>


===''Parool'' and ''Voor de vrouw'': 1940s to 1950s===
Wim Hora Adema founded ''Opzij'' (the title translates as "move over") in 1972, together with politician and sociologist [[Hedy d'Ancona]]. It is still published, though today it is considered a more mainstream magazine.
After the war ended, ''Het Parool'' hired her as editor for national news.<ref name=andries/> After three years, in 1948, [[Gerrit Jan van Heuven Goedhart]], editor-in-chief of ''Het Parool'', asked her to start editing a page for women and children,<ref name=koerts/> called ''Voor de vrouw (maar voor haar niet alléén...)'' ("for the woman, but not just for her").<ref name=andries/> which also published reviews of children's books.<ref name=personen>{{cite web|title=Hora Adema, Wim|url=http://www.personenencyclopedie.info/H/Ho/Hor/HORA%20ADEMA,%20Wim/view|publisher=De Personenencylopedie|access-date=6 March 2011}}</ref> In that period she shared desks with authors such as [[Gerard Reve]], [[Henri Knap]], and [[Simon Carmiggelt]], and was one of the people in Amsterdam around whom literary life was centered.<ref name=koerts/> Contributors of stories and verse to the "legendary" page included Hora Adema herself as well as authors and journalists such as [[Annie M.G. Schmidt]], [[Jeanne Roos]], and [[Harriët Freezer]]; for almost 20 years, [[Fiep Westendorp]] illustrated the column with black and white drawings that situated the position of woman in society.<ref name=andries>{{cite web|last=Andries|first=Caroline|title=Voor de vrouw maar voor haar niet alléén...Fiep Westendorp in de krant|url=http://www.politics.be/recensies/330/|publisher=Politics.be|access-date=6 March 2011}}</ref> Adema worked for ''Het Parool'' for twenty-two years, during which time she helped nurture women authors and illustrators including Schmidt, Westendorp, Freezer, [[Hella Haasse]], and [[Mies Bouhuys]]. In 1968 she was fired by editor-in-chief [[Herman Sandberg]], which caused some uproar and even led to the firing of an editor at ''[[Vrij Nederland]]''.<ref name=koerts>{{cite news|last=Koerts|first=Agnes|title=Journalist en inspirator, maar vooral talentenjager: Wim Hora Adema 1914-1998|newspaper=[[Trouw]]|date=17 December 1998}}</ref>

===Feminist activism and ''Opzij'', 1960s and after===
In the 1960s, Hora Adama gained attention writing feminist newspaper columns.<ref>{{cite book|last=Meijer|first=Irene Costera|title=Het persoonlijke wordt politiek: feministische bewustwording in Nederland, 1965-1980|year=1996|publisher=Het Spinhuis|isbn=978-90-5589-052-1|page=298}}</ref> With Hedy d'Ancona, [[Joke Smit]], Hora Adema started ''Man Vrouw Maatschappij'' (often abbreviated as MVM, and translated as "Man Woman Society"), a radical feminist action group considered the first Dutch [[Second-wave feminism]] organization<ref>{{cite book|last=Bosch|first=Mineke|title=Gender & 1968|year=2009|publisher=Böhlau Verlag|location=Köln, Weimar|isbn=978-3-412-20361-0|editor=Ingrid Bauer, Hana Havelkova|page=59|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5Ot5kbboOo8C&pg=PA59|chapter=The Meaning of a Kiss}}</ref> and active until it was dissolved in 1988.<ref>{{cite news|last=Agerbeek|first=Marjan|title=...de tweede golf ; Terugblik|newspaper=[[Trouw]]|date=28 September 2001}}</ref>

With d'Ancona, Hora Adema founded the radical feminist monthly magazine ''Opzij''<ref>{{cite news|last=Armee|first=Hans|title=Het laatste obstakel is de man|url=http://www.trouw.nl/tr/nl/4492/Nederland/article/detail/1320318/2007/08/31/Het-laatste-obstakel-is-de-man.dhtml|access-date=6 March 2011|newspaper=[[Trouw]]|date=31 August 2007}}</ref> (the title translates as "move over") in 1972, together with politician and sociologist [[Hedy d'Ancona]].<ref name=kooke/> ''Opzij'' is the only publication that has survived from the Dutch second wave of feminism and has a large and loyal readership.<ref name=kooke/> In 1972, the magazine printed 1,700 copies per month; by 1992 this had grown to 65,000, having developed itself "from a radical feminist pamphlet to a liberal-feminist opinion magazine with a large dose of human interest."<ref name=sierksma>{{cite news|last=Sierksma|first=Peter|author2=Shuchen Tan |title=De verworvenheid van Opzij: er komen nu veel meer soorten vrouwen aan bod|newspaper=[[Trouw]]|date=27 November 1992}}</ref> In 1992, d'Ancona and Adema were awarded the Harriët Freezer ring, an award given to contributors to women's emancipation, honoring them for ''Opzij'' and other contributions.<ref>{{cite news|title=De Harriet Freezerring 1992 is toegekend aan ...|newspaper=[[Trouw]]|date=20 October 1992}}</ref> In 2007 printed over 94,000 copies per month,<ref name=kooke>{{cite news|last=Kooke|first=Sandra|title='Opzij is in de jaren zeventig blijven steken'|url=http://www.trouw.nl/tr/nl/4324/Nieuws/article/detail/1275222/2008/01/28/rsquo-Opzij-is-in-de-jaren-zeventig-blijven-steken-rsquo.dhtml|access-date=6 March 2011|newspaper=[[Trouw]]|date=28 January 2008}}</ref> though today it is considered a more mainstream magazine, focusing more on general opinion than on activism.<ref name=kooke/>

==Further reading==
*{{cite journal|last=Boonstra|first=Bregje|title=In Memoriam Wim Hora Adema (1914-1998)|journal=Literatuur Zonder Leeftijd|year=1999|volume=13|pages=87–88}}
*{{cite book|last=Weterings|first=Eric-Jan|title=Deurwaarder van de vriendschap. Wim Hora Adema (1914-1998)|year=2006|publisher=Aksant|location=Amsterdam|isbn=978-90-5260-225-7}}<ref>{{cite web|last=Peer|first=Harry|title=Deurwaarder en dwarsligger: Wim Hora Adema - Biografie van Eric-Jan Weterings|url=http://www.solidariteit.nl/ingezonden/2007/deurwaarder_en_dwarsligger.html|access-date=6 March 2011}}</ref>


==References==
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Latest revision as of 14:42, 25 April 2023

Wim Hora Adema
Wim Hora Adema (1981)
Born(1914-07-14)14 July 1914
Leeuwarderadeel
Died10 December 1998(1998-12-10) (aged 84)
NationalityDutch
Occupation(s)Writer, journalist, editor, publisher
Known forOpzij

Wim Hora Adema (14 July 1914 – 10 December 1998[1]) was a Dutch author of children's literature and a feminist, notable for being the co-founder of Opzij, founded in 1972 as a radical feminist monthly magazine. She was one of the best-known women of the Dutch second wave of feminism.[2]

Biography

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Adema began her career as an unpaid worker for the Algemeen Handelsblad, a liberal Amsterdam newspaper; in 1939, she was appointed editor for the national section. She worked there until 1941, when she resigned as a protest against the anti-Jewish measures taken at the paper.[1] During World War II, she was active in the Dutch resistance, which brought her in contact with the group that published Het Parool, an illegal resistance paper.[1]

Parool and Voor de vrouw: 1940s to 1950s

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After the war ended, Het Parool hired her as editor for national news.[3] After three years, in 1948, Gerrit Jan van Heuven Goedhart, editor-in-chief of Het Parool, asked her to start editing a page for women and children,[1] called Voor de vrouw (maar voor haar niet alléén...) ("for the woman, but not just for her").[3] which also published reviews of children's books.[4] In that period she shared desks with authors such as Gerard Reve, Henri Knap, and Simon Carmiggelt, and was one of the people in Amsterdam around whom literary life was centered.[1] Contributors of stories and verse to the "legendary" page included Hora Adema herself as well as authors and journalists such as Annie M.G. Schmidt, Jeanne Roos, and Harriët Freezer; for almost 20 years, Fiep Westendorp illustrated the column with black and white drawings that situated the position of woman in society.[3] Adema worked for Het Parool for twenty-two years, during which time she helped nurture women authors and illustrators including Schmidt, Westendorp, Freezer, Hella Haasse, and Mies Bouhuys. In 1968 she was fired by editor-in-chief Herman Sandberg, which caused some uproar and even led to the firing of an editor at Vrij Nederland.[1]

Feminist activism and Opzij, 1960s and after

[edit]

In the 1960s, Hora Adama gained attention writing feminist newspaper columns.[5] With Hedy d'Ancona, Joke Smit, Hora Adema started Man Vrouw Maatschappij (often abbreviated as MVM, and translated as "Man Woman Society"), a radical feminist action group considered the first Dutch Second-wave feminism organization[6] and active until it was dissolved in 1988.[7]

With d'Ancona, Hora Adema founded the radical feminist monthly magazine Opzij[8] (the title translates as "move over") in 1972, together with politician and sociologist Hedy d'Ancona.[9] Opzij is the only publication that has survived from the Dutch second wave of feminism and has a large and loyal readership.[9] In 1972, the magazine printed 1,700 copies per month; by 1992 this had grown to 65,000, having developed itself "from a radical feminist pamphlet to a liberal-feminist opinion magazine with a large dose of human interest."[10] In 1992, d'Ancona and Adema were awarded the Harriët Freezer ring, an award given to contributors to women's emancipation, honoring them for Opzij and other contributions.[11] In 2007 printed over 94,000 copies per month,[9] though today it is considered a more mainstream magazine, focusing more on general opinion than on activism.[9]

Further reading

[edit]
  • Boonstra, Bregje (1999). "In Memoriam Wim Hora Adema (1914-1998)". Literatuur Zonder Leeftijd. 13: 87–88.
  • Weterings, Eric-Jan (2006). Deurwaarder van de vriendschap. Wim Hora Adema (1914-1998). Amsterdam: Aksant. ISBN 978-90-5260-225-7.[12]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f Koerts, Agnes (17 December 1998). "Journalist en inspirator, maar vooral talentenjager: Wim Hora Adema 1914-1998". Trouw.
  2. ^ Agerbeek, Marjan (2 October 2001). "Dinosaurussen van de tweede feministische golf ; Ontmanteling". Trouw.
  3. ^ a b c Andries, Caroline. "Voor de vrouw maar voor haar niet alléén...Fiep Westendorp in de krant". Politics.be. Retrieved 6 March 2011.
  4. ^ "Hora Adema, Wim". De Personenencylopedie. Retrieved 6 March 2011.
  5. ^ Meijer, Irene Costera (1996). Het persoonlijke wordt politiek: feministische bewustwording in Nederland, 1965-1980. Het Spinhuis. p. 298. ISBN 978-90-5589-052-1.
  6. ^ Bosch, Mineke (2009). "The Meaning of a Kiss". In Ingrid Bauer, Hana Havelkova (ed.). Gender & 1968. Köln, Weimar: Böhlau Verlag. p. 59. ISBN 978-3-412-20361-0.
  7. ^ Agerbeek, Marjan (28 September 2001). "...de tweede golf ; Terugblik". Trouw.
  8. ^ Armee, Hans (31 August 2007). "Het laatste obstakel is de man". Trouw. Retrieved 6 March 2011.
  9. ^ a b c d Kooke, Sandra (28 January 2008). "'Opzij is in de jaren zeventig blijven steken'". Trouw. Retrieved 6 March 2011.
  10. ^ Sierksma, Peter; Shuchen Tan (27 November 1992). "De verworvenheid van Opzij: er komen nu veel meer soorten vrouwen aan bod". Trouw.
  11. ^ "De Harriet Freezerring 1992 is toegekend aan ...". Trouw. 20 October 1992.
  12. ^ Peer, Harry. "Deurwaarder en dwarsligger: Wim Hora Adema - Biografie van Eric-Jan Weterings". Retrieved 6 March 2011.
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