Thiska Thiel-Wehrbein

In March 1917, a first lecture by Thiel-Wehrbein is reported: to the Amsterdam Housewives' Association on “Het huisgezin en zijn geschiedenis” (The domestic family and its history).

The conservative-denominational government also tried to increasingly involve representatives of the left-wing party spectrum, such as Thiska Thiel-Wehrbein, in the unpopular rationing system and spread the responsibility over more shoulders.

In the summer of 1918, Thiska Thiel-Wehrbein was the first woman to be appointed to the advisory commission for the Dutch Imperial Milk and Cheese Board (‘Rijkskantoor voor Melk en Kaas’).

In the only surviving publication by Thiska Thiel-Wehrbein, ‘The Woman and Politics’, she said:'The women of today, who have their hearts in the right place, must feel that they can no longer afford the luxury of remaining inactive.

[12] The editors of the Vrijzinnig-democraat commented: ‘Mrs Thiel-Wehrbein has won a place in the hearts of the members through her quiet kindness, her great unpretentiousness and unsurpassed willingness’.

[13] Thiska Thiel-Wehrbein had four children, including Johannes Hendrik Thiel, a well-known classical philologist and scholar of antiquity, and Ebelina van Eck-Thiel, one of the first female lawyers in the Netherlands.