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My aunt was a successful business person in the Netherlands – she worked high up for telecommunications firms & others in the 80s and 90s, forging a path when few women were given opportunities. In the early 2000s she read an interview of a male Dutch CEO who was being congratulated for
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appointing a Swiss woman to his company’s hitherto all-male board. Asked why it wasn’t a Dutch woman, he said “there are no qualified ones.” After a lifetime of dealing with misogyny in her work, my aunt had had enough – she started a headhunting firm whose mission was to get the many well qualified
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women who were constantly overlooked onto corporate boards & in executive positions. She was very successful doing this & helped to significantly change the landscape of Dutch business to be less sexist. A couple years ago she was knighted by the Dutch crown for this work. She’s a true hero who
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made an impact, & a role model for women & people in general to fight for fairness, equality, & justice. Still a young woman in her early 70s, unfortunately she is losing a battle to terminal cancer, & will move on from this earthly plane next week. I will
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miss her very much – for the inspiration she’s provided, & because, though I very rarely see her as we’re on different continents, I love her.
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I am sorry for your impending loss. She sounds wonderful and perhaps an inspiration for your own commitment to justice.
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Thank you. She absolutely is.
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