Editing Wilhelmina of the Netherlands (section)

==Interwar period==
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[[File:Dupont KBS-FRB(9).jpg|thumb|205px|Medal depicting Queen Wilhelmina]]

Wilhelmina had a keen understanding of business matters.{{Citation needed|date=November 2024}} She used her personal wealth inherited from her family to make several investments in the United States, which eventually made her the world's richest woman and first female billionaire in [[dollars]]. During the 1920s and 1930s, the Netherlands began to emerge as an [[Industrial sector|industrial]] power with the help of the Queen's [[funds]]. Engineers reclaimed vast amounts of land that had been under water by building the [[Zuiderzee Works]], the largest [[hydraulic]] engineering project undertaken by the Netherlands during the 20th century. Its main purposes were to improve [[flood protection]] and create additional land for agriculture.

In 1939, the government proposed a refugee camp near the city of [[Apeldoorn]] for German Jews fleeing the [[Nazi Party|Nazi]] regime. However, Wilhelmina intervened because she felt the planned location was "too close" to the royal family's summer residence. Indeed if spies were to be among the fugitives, they would be within walking distance of [[Het Loo Palace]]. After long discussions, the camp was finally erected about 10&nbsp;km from the village of [[Westerbork (village)|Westerbork]].

Aside from economical and security matters, Queen Wilhelmina used most of the 1930s to find a suitable husband for Juliana. This was a difficult task since she was very religious and insisted that her daughter's husband would be a [[Protestant]] of royal birth. Many prospects from the United Kingdom and Sweden either declined or were turned down by Juliana. Finally, mother and daughter found a suitable match in German [[Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld]]. Wilhelmina had her lawyers draft a very detailed [[prenuptial agreement]] that specified exactly what her future son-in-law could and could not do.