Jump to content

Noor van Crevel

Edit links
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Noor van Crevel
Born4 April 1929
The Hauge, Netherlands
Died6 May 2019 (aged 90)
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Occupation(s)social worker, counsellor in the field of conjugal crime and radical feminist and political lesbian activist
OrganizationPurple September

Noor van Crevel (4 April 1929 – 6 May 2019) was a Dutch social worker who specialised in the field of "conjugal crime." She was also a radical feminist and political lesbian activist. She was one of the founders of the lesbian action group Purple September and the first Blijf van m'n Lijf (Keep Your Hands Off Me) House [nl] in Amsterdam.

Early life

[edit]

van Crevel was born on 4 April 1929 in The Hauge.[1] Her father Marcus van Crevel was a musicologist.[2] She has two sisters and a brother.[2] She moved to live in Amsterdam.[3]

Activism

[edit]

In 1972, van Cravel and her friend Stéphanie de Voogd were among the founders of the radical lesbian action group Purple September.[4] The group advocated for political lesbianism, proclaiming in their newspaper that "being a lesbian would be a political choice."[5][6][7] The organisation existed until 1974.[7] In 1989, van Crevel explained to the publication Homologie that the Stonewall riots in America inspired and "formed the germ of the radical-lesbian Paarse September [Purple September] some years later,"[8][9] as she had been in New York in 1969.[8]

van Cravel also worked as a social worker and taught at the Social Academy.[10] She became a specialist counsellor in the field of conjugal crimes and the children of violent marriages.[11][12] In 1974, van Crevel and Martine van Rappard were among the six women founders[13] of the first Blijf van m'n Lijf (Keep Your Hands Off Me) [nl] House in Amsterdam,[1][14][15] which offered a safe place from domestic violence. In August 1976, van Cravel presented a paper to the conference of the American Sociological Association titled "But What about the Kids?"[11][16]

Death

[edit]

She died on 6 May 2019 in Amsterdam, when she was 90 years old.[1][2][3]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ a b c "Noor van Crevel". Amsterdam Museum. Retrieved 13 June 2025.
  2. ^ a b c "Noor van Crevel (1929 - 2019), voorvrouw van actiegroep Paarse September". De Groene Amsterdammer (in Dutch). 5 June 2019. Archived from the original on 16 December 2023. Retrieved 13 June 2025.
  3. ^ a b "In Memoriam: Noor van Crevel". Atria (in Dutch). 17 May 2019. Archived from the original on 17 April 2025. Retrieved 13 June 2025.
  4. ^ "LHBTQIA+-beweging: Tijdlijn". VPRO (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 17 May 2025. Retrieved 13 June 2025.
  5. ^ "'lesbisch sijn is politieke keuze" (PDF). actiegroep paarse september. 18 November 1972. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 December 2019. Retrieved 13 June 2025.
  6. ^ "Purple September". Atria. 12 November 2015. Retrieved 13 June 2025.
  7. ^ a b Sedee, Menno (2 November 2023). "Lesbisch zijn is een politieke keus, vond Stephanie de Voogd (1932-2023)". NRC (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 3 December 2024. Retrieved 13 June 2025.
  8. ^ a b Shield, Andrew D J (1 April 2020). "The Legacies of the Stonewall Riots in Denmark and the Netherlands". History Workshop Journal. 89: 193–206. doi:10.1093/hwj/dbz051. hdl:1887/3200811. ISSN 1363-3554.
  9. ^ Schutte, Xandra (July/August 1989) ‘Iemand moet het zeggen’ (Someone has to say it), Homologie 11: 4 (in Dutch). pp. 10–13.
  10. ^ van Dongen, Menno (31 August 2024). "Opvang voor mishandelde vrouwen? Niet nodig, vond men in de jaren zeventig. En toen kwam Blijf van m'n Lijf". de Volkskrant. Retrieved 13 June 2025.
  11. ^ a b Davidson, Terry (1978). Conjugal Crime: Understanding and Changing the Wifebeating Pattern. Hawthorn Books. pp. 118, 265. ISBN 978-0-8015-1731-0.
  12. ^ Viano, Emilio (1978). Spouse Abuse. Visage Press. p. 672.
  13. ^ OPZIJ, Redactie (4 February 2024). "In de Babyboomer-special van OPZIJ: 'Blijf van mijn lijf'". Opzij (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 22 January 2025. Retrieved 13 June 2025.
  14. ^ "1974 Blijf van m'n lijf". Canon Vrouwenopvang Nederland (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 30 May 2024. Retrieved 13 June 2025.
  15. ^ "Het Spoor Terug - Beluister Het probleem de wereld in. 50 jaar Blijf van m'n lijf | Podcasts". NPO Radio 1 (in Dutch). Retrieved 13 June 2025.
  16. ^ Strom, Kay M. (1 January 2008). In the Name of Submission: A Painful Look at Wife Battering. Wipf and Stock Publishers. p. 69. ISBN 978-1-7252-2152-9.
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Noor_van_Crevel&oldid=1297175324"