School struggle (Netherlands)
The school struggle is a historical conflict in the Netherlands between 1848 and 1917 over the equalization of public financing for religious schools.
Cartoon by Albert Hahn, suffrage (in the car) versus School Struggle (the line across the road). The name Bram of the person at the tree stands for Abraham Kuyper
The Anti-Revolutionary Party was a Protestant conservative and Christian democratic political party in the Netherlands. The party was founded in 1879 by Abraham Kuyper, a neo-Calvinist theologian and minister. In 1980 the party merged with the Catholic People's Party (KVP) and the Christian Historical Union (CHU) to form the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA).
Abraham Kuyper, founder and party leader until 1920, Prime Minister 1901–1905.
Æneas Mackay, the first Prime Minister of the Anti-Revolutionary Party 1888–1891.
Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy, Prime Minister 1940–1945 during World War II leading the Dutch government in exile.
Jelle Zijlstra, party leader in 1956 and 1958–1959, Prime Minister 1966–1967.