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Gesina Dekker
zij/haar1772 – 1801
Photo credits
Scan from “Secret Confession Book 1765-1796,” p.171.
Year: 1796
Collection: Archives of the Bailiff and Aldermen. Amsterdam City Archives
Gesina Decker/Dekker left her husband, choosing instead for physical intimacy with other women. She was one of for women convicted of “indecent acts” and was sentenced to six years in Amsterdam’s Spinhuis, a house of correction for women.
Photo credits
Scan from “Secret Confession Book 1765-1796,” p.171.
Year: 1796
Collection: Archives of the Bailiff and Aldermen. Amsterdam City Archives