Adolphine Kok

Adolphine Eduardina Kok (August 2, 1879, in Rotterdam – August 20, 1928, in Rotterdam) was a Dutch lawyer. She became the first female lawyer in the Netherlands in 1903.^[1]

Adolphine Kok

The specialty of Kok was marriage law, later she broadened her field of work, for several years having a seat in the Guardianship Council of Rotterdam, and in 1922 she wrote a preliminary recommendation on the modernization of matrimonial property law concerning marriages in the community of goods for the Brotherhood of Candidate Notaries.^[2]

References

1. Arnoud-Jan, Bijsterveld (2016). House of Memories: Uncovering the Past of a Dutch Jewish Family. Uitgeverij Verloren, 2016. p. 42. ISBN 9789087046040.
2. "Kok, Adolphine Eduardina (1879-1928)". 2017.