1001 Vrouwen uit de Nederlandse geschiedenis

The book is the result of a research project called the Digital Women's lexicon of the Netherlands (Digitaal Vrouwenlexicon van Nederland) led by Els Kloek.[2] The biographies are presented in alphabetical order, and can also be viewed online.[3] The breakdown of biographies per period according to the website (which is still growing) is as follows:

Over 300 writers contributed biographies. The historians Anna de Haas, Marloes Huiskamp, Els Kloek, and Kees Kuiken each wrote over 40 biographies, while nearly a third were the combined work of various editors. The book was designed by Irma Boom.

• Saint Cunera (lived ca. 337)
• Petronilla van Saksen (ca. 1082–1144)
• Aleid van Holland (1228–1284)
• Johanna van Brabant (1322–1406)
• Jacoba van Beieren (1401–1436)
• Margaret of Austria, Duchess of Savoy (1480–1530)
• Kenau (1526-1588/1589)
• Judith Leyster (1609–1660)
• Maria Schalcken (1645–1699)
• Rachel Ruysch (1664–1750)
• Henriëtte Catharina van Oranje (1637–1708)
• Belle van Zuylen (1740–1805)
• Marie-Anne Collot (1748–1821)
• Alexine Tinne (1835–1869)
• Thérèse Schwartze (1851–1918)
• Suze Robertson (1855–1922)
• Neel Doff (1858–1942)
• Helene Kröller-Müller (1869–1939)
• Mata Hari (1876–1917)
• Annie M.G. Schmidt (1911–1995)
• Marga Klompé (1912–1986)
• Audrey Hepburn (1929–1993)
• Karin Adelmund (1949–2005)

Some of the more prominent women included in the book are:

• (in Dutch) 1001 Vrouwen uit de Nederlandse geschiedenis, book website
• (in Dutch) Digitaal Vrouwenlexicon van Nederland