Wim Hora Adema (1914–1998)

Wilhelmina Remelia Hora Adema, more commonly known as Wim Hora Adema, was a Dutch children's author, feminist thinker, and magazine writer. Born in Leeuwarderadeel in 1914, she got her professional start working for Algemeen Handelsblad, a liberal Amsterdam newspaper. She resigned in 1941, in protest against the anti-Jewish measures taken at the paper. A member of the Dutch Resistance during World War II, she came into contact with the group that published the underground paper, Het Parool. After the war she worked for a time as Het Parool's national news editor, and was then hired as an editor of a page for women and children. She worked for Het Parool for over twenty years before being fired.

In the 1960s Adema became known for her feminist editorials, and was one of the co-founders of 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. In 1972, together with Hedy d'Ancona, she founded the radical feminist monthly magazine Opzi, which is still in publication today. 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. Adema died in 1998.

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