She was born on 5 December 1862 on the family's indigo plantation in the village of Ketandan [nl; id], in what is now Indonesia but was then the Dutch East Indies.

[2] Philippine's brothers introduced her to Count (Graaf [nl]) Victor van Heerdt tot Eversberg, whom she married in 1884.

When it was clear that they could not make the coffee plantation profitable, her husband accepted a position as adjutant to the Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies in Batavia.

[1] In the Netherlands, together with her mother-in-law Emilie van Heerdt tot Eversberg-van Lansberge, Philippine became involved in the women's movement.

This exhibition promoting the importance of women's labor was organized by feminists to honor the 1898 inauguration of Netherlands Queen Wilhelmina.

[4] Philippine herself became an engaged member of the Nederlandsche Bond voor Vrouwenkiesrecht [nl] (Dutch Association for Women's Suffrage), which was founded in 1907.

In this capacity, Philippine was involved, among others, in the Vereeniging voor Volkerenbond en Vrede (Society for the League of Nations and Peace.)

For example, in 1919 she published "Volkerenbond, vooruitgang en opvoeding" ("League of Nations, progress and education") in which her interests in women's suffrage and world peace come together.