Career Before Politics
In 1956 Beckers completed the gymnasium, in which she took all courses and did not major in either sciences or arts. She continued to study Latin and Greek at the University of Utrecht. Since 1962 she taught these languages at high schools in Haarlem and Leiden. Her thesis concerned the position of women in Greek Tragedy.
In the 1970s she had become active in the progressive Christian party Politieke Partij Radicalen (PPR). Beckers had a Catholic background. She became member of the PPR board in 1973 as vice-chairperson. In 1974 she was elected chairperson of the PPR.
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