Culture of Belgium
Adolphe Sax, the inventor of the saxophone, was born in Belgium. The country has also a very active jazz scene that is achieving international recognition with bands like Aka Moon, Maak's Spirit and Octurn. Harmonicist Toots Thielemans, guitarist Philip Catherine and Django Reinhardt are probably the best known Belgian jazz musicians.
Marjan Sax
Sax was active in Dolle Mina and was the co-founder of different feminist organisations: the Amsterdamse vrouwenhuis in 1973, the pro-abortion actiongroup "Wij Vrouwen Eisen" in 1974, the course Female Studies at the University of Amsterdam, the womenbar Saarein in 1978 where a lesbian-feminist collective organised events (amongst others mother-daughter days, poetry nights, folk song days and themed parties). And the Lesbian Archive Amsterdam (now IHLIA LGBT Heritage) in 1982. Sax also took part in many other lesbian and feminist activities. She was one of the occupiers of the abortion clinic Bloemenhove in Heemstede, that was threatened to be closed in 1976. This action played a role in the legalisation of abortion. Sax kept a diary of this occupation, it was published in "De Groene Amsterdammer."