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
National Women’s Monument
surface form: 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 Boer War
surface form: Second Anglo-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 Bloemfontein
surface form: National Museum of the Boer Republics precinct
locatedIn Bloemfontein
Free State
surface form: Free State province
materialUsed sandstone
ownedBy South Africa
surface form: South African state
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 National Women’s Monument
this entity surface form: Women’s Memorial
Anglo-Boer War Museum near National Women’s Monument
Anglo-Boer War Museum associatedWith National Women’s Monument