"Already then, there was in my subconsciousness as unsatisfactoriness about powerlessness, which was accompanied by being locked in a cage, whereby made taking an initiative, of any kind, impossible"
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Women heads of statePeople from The HagueMonarchs from the NetherlandsWomen born in the 1880sWomen from the Netherlands
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Wilhelmina of the Netherlands
Wilhelmina Wilhelmina Helena Pauline Maria (31 August 1880 – 28 November 1962) was Queen of the Netherlands from 1890 until her abdication in favor of her daughter Juliana in 1948. She led the Netherlands through World War I, the Great Depression, and World War II. When Nazi Germany invaded in 1940, she continued leading the Dutch government-in-exile from the United Kingdom.
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