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Sybella (Isie) Margaretha Smuts née Krige, also known as Ouma Smuts, (22 December 1870 — 25 February 1954), was the second First Lady of the Union of South Africa, and a teacher, farmer, charity organiser and scrapbooker. She grew up in the British Cape Colony and qualified as a teacher in 1891.
19 mai 2016 · During the South African war at the beginning of the twentieth century, Isie Smuts, wife of Jan Smuts, was an ardent Afrikaner nationalist with strong hostility towards the British – often in contrast to her husband’s policy of reconciliation.
Although essentially a domestic, family-oriented woman, Isie Smuts was a successful public figure who only emerged in her own right in her old age. In 1943 the University of the Witwatersrand awarded the honorary degree D.Phil. awarded to her.
Isie Smuts and the Boer War. There is a lot to be said about South Africa’s most remarkable First Lady – Sybella (Isabelle – shortened to Isie or ‘Issie’) Margaretha Smuts, or as she was affectionally known by all – simply as .. “Ouma.”
Schreiner’s extant letters to Isie Smuts start in 1899 and end in 1917, with her first letter of 29 May 1899 acknowledging Isie’s letter already received and indicating from its content that the two women had already met.
22 mai 2024 · Isie Smuts would be an ouma to the tens of thousands of South African soldiers and to the thousands of volunteers working for the fund which became known as the Ouma Gifts and Comforts Fund.
Sybella (Isie) Margaretha Smuts née Krige, also known as Ouma Smuts,, was the second First Lady of the Union of South Africa, and a teacher, farmer, charity organiser and scrapbooker. She grew up in the British Cape Colony and qualified as a teacher in 1891.
