EPISODE · Mar 17, 2026 · 12 MIN
10. 'She won't be a bother to you'
from ECHOES - stories from four centuries of Groningen university · host ECHOES - a UKrant podcast
Yes, Aletta Jacobs had already been admitted to the University of Groningen in 1871. And yes, Groningen was known as a woman-friendly university. Even so, the brilliant geneticist Tine Tammes worked at that same university for decades without pay before being appointed associate professor.'She wont' be a bother to you' is the second episode of the second season of the UKrant podcast Echoes. Christien Boomsma takes you back to 1910 — the year in which Tine Tammes enrolled as a student for the final time after 21 years.Shownotes:For this episode, extensive use has been made of the unpublished biography of Tine Tammes written by Ida Stamhuis.Some literature on Tine Tammes:Ida Stamhuis, ‘Tine Tammes. Het ‘Matilda-effect’ in de wetenschap’, in: Kunst en Wetenschap 5, nr. 4 (1997), 9-10Wilde, I. de, Nieuwe deelgenoten in de wetenschap : vrouwelijke studenten en docenten aan de Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, 1871-1919. (Assen, 1998).Stamhuis, I. H.; Monsen, A. Kristine Bonnevie, ‘Tine Tammes and Elisabeth Schiemann in Early Genetics: Emerging Chances for a University Career for Women’. Journal of the history of biology 2007.
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