Dorothea Fairbridge

Dorothea Ann Fairbridge (* 1862 in Cape Town ; † 1931 there ; according to other sources Dorothea Anne Fairbridge ) was a South African writer and co-founder of the Guild of Loyal Women (German: "Guild of Loyal Women").

biography

Fairbridge was the daughter of a respected Cape Colony attorney, scholar, and MP . She was raised in London and traveled extensively.

Fairbridge was regarded as a British " third generation settler " and associated with British women from the upper social classes who had come to South Africa before and during the Second Boer War . She was a founding member of the 1900 Guild of Loyal Women , a non-profit women's organization that was absorbed into the Vicoria League in 1901 . The aim of the guild was to support the British Empire and its soldiers - among other things, soldiers' graves were marked and recorded.

After the Boer War, Fairbridge campaigned for a reconciliation of the British with the Boers and the creation of a corresponding, British-dominated constitution . From 1910 she wrote numerous books, including novels, travel books and non-fiction books on historical subjects.

Works (selection)

That Which Hath Been (1910)
Piet of Italy (1913)
The Torch Bearer (1915)
History of South Africa (1917)
Historic Houses of South Africa (1922)
Lady Anne Barnard at the Cape of Good Hope: 1797–1802 (1924)
The Uninvited (1926)
Along Cape Roads (1928)
The Pilgrim's Way in South Africa (1928)
Historic Farms of South Africa (1932)

literature

Julia Bush: Edwardian Ladies and Imperial Power. A & C Black, 2000, ISBN 978-0-7185-0061-0 , p. 90. Excerpts from books.google.com
Lorna Salbei, Germaine Greer, Elaine Showalter (Eds.): Fairbridge, Dorothea (Ann). In: The Cambridge Guide to Women's Writing in English. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 1999, p. 230, ISBN 978-0-521-66813-2 . Excerpts from books.google.com

Individual evidence

↑ entry in sahistory.org.za (English), accessed on 15 March 2017
↑ Julia Bush: Edwardian Ladies and Imperial Power , illustrated. Edition, A&C Black, 2000, ISBN 978-0-7185-0061-0 , p. 90 .
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d Fairbridge, Dorothea (Ann) . In: Lorna Sage, Germaine Greer, Elaine Showalter (Eds.): The Cambridge Guide to Women's Writing in English , illustrated. Edition, Cambridge University Press, 1999, ISBN 978-0-521-66813-2 , p. 230.

personal data
SURNAME	Fairbridge, Dorothea
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Fairbridge, Dorothea Ann (full name); Fairbridge, Dorothea Anne (alternative full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	South African writer
DATE OF BIRTH	1862
PLACE OF BIRTH	Cape Town
DATE OF DEATH	1931
Place of death	Cape Town

[1] try in sahistory.org.za (English), accessed on 15 March 2017

[2] Julia Bush: Edwardian Ladies and Imperial Power , illustrated. Edition, A&C Black, 2000, ISBN 978-0-7185-0061-0 , p. 90 .

[lorna-3] Fairbridge, Dorothea (Ann) . In: Lorna Sage, Germaine Greer, Elaine Showalter (Eds.): The Cambridge Guide to Women's Writing in English , illustrated. Edition, Cambridge University Press, 1999, ISBN 978-0-521-66813-2 , p. 230.