Archive of Waldo Heilbron and Diana Fräser

This collection contains materials relating to Diana Fransica Fräser (1952-2000), who was born in Paramaribo. Fräser obtained several degrees in mathematics and pedagogy from the University of Amsterdam. She then started working as a mathematics teacher at the Reigersbos School Community in Amsterdam. During this period she also worked as a writer for the Surinamese women’s magazine Ashanti and was editor-in-chief for the periodical Sachai-Tru. She was also involved in various left-wing Surinamese movements and women’s organizations. In 1993 she obtained a PhD in economics with her doctoral thesis Small-scale fishing in Curaçao. After the establishment of Museum Suriname in 1995, she provided educational programs there. She was also an active supporter of a greater role for the history of Dutch slavery in school education.