Education
University of Amsterdam. Vrije Universiteit.
University of Amsterdam. Vrije Universiteit.
She was the People"s Party for Freedom and Democracy Party chair from 29 March 1969 until 15 March 1975. She died on 12 November 1980 from cancer at the age of 54.
She was a Member of the House of Representatives from 20 March 1959 until 1 October 1968. She became a Member of the Senate on 17 September 1974 and on 5 June 1976 she succeeded Harm van Riel as the Parliamentary leader of the People"s Party for Freedom and Democracy in the Senate after he retired.