Marie Muller-Lulofs
Dutch politician, journalist (1854-1954)
Marie Muller-Lulofs (1854–1954) was a pioneer social worker in the Netherlands and among the founders of numerous Dutch institutions for poor relief and social work, including the School for Social Work in Amsterdam.
Early life
Maria Geertruida Lulofs, best known as Marie Muller-Lulofs, was born in Amsterdam on 1 September 1854. She was the daughter of Claas Lulofs, a grain and tobacco merchant, and Bregtje Posthuma, who lived on Keizersgracht in central Amsterdam. She was the fourth and youngest child of the couple; her father had six children from his previous marriage who were also part of the family. She attended secondary school for two years at a Pietist girls' boarding school in Zeist. Back in Amsterdam, she wanted to go to the girls' high school, but her father died in 1870 and she had to help her mother with the house. Nevertheless, she often took the opportunity to attend lectures on various subjects at literary and cultural societies. She married Samuel Muller, an archivist and historian, in 1877 in Amsterdam. He was the best friend of one of her brothers. The couple moved to Utrecht and had two sons and one daughter, born in quick succession.
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