Gerdina Hendrika Kurtz

Gerdina Hendrika Kurtz was a Dutch historian, writer and archivist. She published under the name, G.H. Kurtz.

Gerda Kurtz was born in Amsterdam, and moved to Haarlem with her family at age seven. She studied at a girls school there, but her mother died when she was onlyand she became focussed on schoolwork. She graduated from the Gymnasium and proceeded to the University of Utrecht to study History. During the course of her study she often returned to Haarlem to substituteteach History and Geography at the Gymnasium. She enjoyed teaching, but was impatient with many of her students. She herself was a gifted student and graduated cum laude in History in 1929 . She started working as a volunteer for the archives of Utrecht and passed her certification exam in 1930 as an official archivist. She continued her volunteer work and taught on the side, until she found an assistants position with the Gelderse Vallei. Meanwhile, she kept looking for a position as archivist.

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