Jannie Brombacher
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Jannie Herma Brombacher was born on 3 December 1931 in Rotterdam, Netherlands and died on 4 October 1985 in Leiden.[1] Her brother, Paul Brombacher, was a chemistry professor.[1]
Jannie was a major in the Women's Department (MILVA) of the Royal Netherlands Army and served as an adjutant to Queen Beatrix in the 1980s.[2]
Brombacher wrote in the Dutch publication Militaire Spectator, a critique of Netherlands' implementation of the Convention on the Political Rights of Women; specifically the effect on women soldiers' rights during the restructuring of the MILVA and other women units.[3]
