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Sis Heyster

Sis Heyster was a psychologist who became known through her many lectures and articles in Margriet and Libelle.

Person

  • Francisca Catharina Heyster
  • Tiel, Nederland Nov. 22, 1909
  • 1982

In January 1944, Anne wrote that she had read an article by Sis Heyster about blushing.[1] She pasted this article at the back of her diary and hung the accompanying photo of Joyce van der Veen on her wall.[2] Sis Heyster passed her master's degree in philosophy in 1935, majoring in psychology.[3]  She became known for her many lectures and articles in magazines such as Libelle and Margriet, on parenting and developmental psychology. She attained her doctorate in 1942 with a dissertation on right and left-handedness and intellectual ability (Utrecht 1942).

Otto Frank sent her a copy of Het Achterhuis in 1947, for which she wrote a thank-you note.[4] She was the author of several books, including:

  • Tweemaal ja. Gesprekken met verloofden ('Twice yes. Conversations with Fiancé(e)s' - around 1950).
  • Rondom de telepathie ('On Telepathy' - Amsterdam 1939).
  • Opvoeden in de praktijk ('Parenting in Practice' - Heemstede 1949).
  • Levende opvoedkunde ('Living Pedagogy' - 1949).
  • Het meisje ('The Girl' - Haarlem 1955).

Source personal data.[5] Addresses: Leidseweg 65 bis, Utrecht (November ’36). She lived here with her older sister Geertruida Johanna, who was a teacher.[5] Raphaelplein 8, Amsterdam (’47).[6]

Footnotes

  1. ^ Anne Frank, Diary Version A, 6 January 1944, in: The Collected Works, transl. from the Dutch by Susan Massotty, London [etc.]: Bloomsbury Continuum, 2019. The article to which Anne referred appeared under the title 'Een lastig verschijnsel'( 'A Troublesome Phenomenon') in the Libelle of 3 October 1941. Anne Frank Stichting (AFS) - Collection online: Libelle, 3 oktober 1941, no. 40.
  2. ^ AFS - Collection online: Afbeelding van Joyce van der Veen op de plaatjeswand in de kamer van Anne Frank.
  3. ^ "Vervolg Plaatselijk Nieuws", Tielsche Courant, 18 oktober 1935.
  4. ^ AFS, Anne Frank Collectie (AFC), Otto Frank Archief (OFA), reg. code OFA_100: Otto Frank aan Sis Heyster, juni ’47 en vice versa, 28 juni 1947.
  5. a, b Regionaal Archief Rivierenland, Tiel, Bevolkingsregister Tiel 1917-’39, inv. nr. 184: Gezinskaart Johannes Jacobus Heijster (1868).
  6. ^ AFS, AFC, reg. code OFA_100: Briefhoofd, 28 juni 1947.

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