{"id":4401,"date":"2025-10-09T15:40:15","date_gmt":"2025-10-09T14:40:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.christianestruyven.be\/en\/?page_id=4401"},"modified":"2025-10-09T15:40:52","modified_gmt":"2025-10-09T14:40:52","slug":"belgian-women-artists-1916-1945","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.christianestruyven.be\/en\/belgian-women-artists-1916-1945\/","title":{"rendered":"BELGIAN WOMEN ARTISTS 1916 &#8211; 1945"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--themify_builder_content-->\r\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-4401\" data-postid=\"4401\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-4401 themify_builder tf_clear\">\r\n    \t\t\t<!-- module_row -->\r\n\t<div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_row themify_builder_row wc subrow-no-btm-mrg tb_9m7d001 tb_first tf_w tf_clearfix\">\r\n\t    \t\t\t<div class=\"row_inner col_align_top tb_col_count_2 tf_box tf_rel\">\r\n\t\t            <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col3-1 tb_yt5j238 first\">\r\n                                                        <div class=\"tb-column-inner tf_box tf_w\">\r\n                        <!-- module image -->\r\n<div  class=\"module module-image tb_peht102   image-top tf_mw\" data-lazy=\"1\">\r\n        <div class=\"image-wrap tf_rel tf_mw\">\r\n\t\t    \t\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<!-- \/image-wrap -->\r\n    \r\n    \t<\/div>\r\n<!-- \/module image --><!-- module text -->\r\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_gscd601   \" data-lazy=\"1\">\r\n    <h3 class=\"module-title\">BELGIAN WOMEN ARTISTS 1916 - 1945<\/h3>    <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\r\n    <p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In 1919, women obtain voting rights in many countries. \u00a0They become empowered. 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