National Women’s Monument

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The National Women’s Monument is a memorial in Bloemfontein, South Africa, dedicated to the women and children who suffered and died in British concentration camps during the Second Anglo-Boer War.

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National Women’s Monument canonical 3
Women’s Memorial 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf monument
war memorial
alsoKnownAs Vrouemonument
Women’s Memorial
commemorates children who suffered in British concentration camps
victims of British concentration camps in the Second Anglo-Boer War
women who suffered in British concentration camps
commemoratesConflict Second Anglo-Boer War
linked to: Second Boer War
coordinates approximately -29.121° S, 26.217° E
country South Africa
hasArchitect Frans Soff
hasInscription Afrikaans text commemorating women and children of the Anglo-Boer War
hasPart bronze sculptures
central obelisk
memorial garden
relief panels
hasSculptor Anton van Wouw
height approximately 36.5 metres
heritageStatus national heritage site of South Africa
inception 1913
locatedAt National Museum of the Boer Republics precinct
locatedIn Bloemfontein
Free State province
linked to: Free State
materialUsed sandstone
ownedBy South African state
linked to: South Africa
subjectOf Afrikaner nationalist remembrance ceremonies
symbolizes civilian suffering in war
suffering of Boer women and children
touristAttraction true
unveiledBy Emily Hobhouse

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Bloemfontein hasMonument National Women’s Monument
National Women’s Monument alsoKnownAs Women’s Memorial
linked to: National Women’s Monument
Anglo-Boer War Museum near National Women’s Monument
Anglo-Boer War Museum associatedWith National Women’s Monument