Noor van Crevel

In 1972, van Cravel and her friend Stéphanie de Voogd were among the founders of the radical lesbian action group Purple September.^[4] The group advocated for political lesbianism, proclaiming in their newspaper that "being a lesbian would be a political choice."^[5][6][7] The organisation existed until 1974.^[7] In 1989, van Crevel explained to the publication Homologie that the Stonewall riots in America inspired and "formed the germ of the radical-lesbian Paarse September [Purple September] some years later,"^[8][9] as she had been in New York in 1969.^[8]

van Cravel also worked as a social worker and taught at the Social Academy.^[10] She became a specialist counsellor in the field of conjugal crimes and the children of violent marriages.^[11][12] In 1974, van Crevel and Martine van Rappard were among the six women founders^[13] of the first Blijf van m'n Lijf (Keep Your Hands Off Me) [nl] House in Amsterdam, which offered a safe place from domestic violence.^[1][14][15]

In August 1976, van Cravel presented a paper to the conference of the American Sociological Association titled "But What about the Kids?"^[11][16] In 1979 she also contributed an article to the Lesbisch Prachtboek on her experiences of lesbian motherhood.^[17][18]

She died on 6 May 2019 in Amsterdam, when she was 90 years old.^[1][2][3]