This article charts the emergence and development of feminist architectural history in the Netherlands by focusing on the activities of six women whose work spans the 20th century. In doing so, it not only situates their experiences in the context of second-wave feminism within Dutch academia, but it also stresses the historical and geographical specificities concerning feminism’s impact in the field of architecture. I argue that interdisciplinarity and the connection between grassroots activism and scholarship were defining characteristics of feminist architectural history in the Netherlands. Moreover, I show how the work of these figures has contributed to the formation of two major areas of interest in the field: gendered analyses of the private sphere and of domesticity, and the ‘herstory’ approach of writing the histories of ‘forgotten’ women into the canon of Dutch architectural history. Both these approaches remain of great relevance for architectural history in the country.