Tibbie: Rachel Isabella Steyn, 1865-1955 : haar lewe was haar boodskap (Afrikaans Edition) by Truter, Elbie
Collectors: Dedicated, dated and Autographed by the Author Elbie Truter.
Tibbie: Rachel Isabella Steyn, 1865-1955 : haar lewe was haar boodskap (Afrikaans Edition) by Truter, Elbie
Hardcover, ISBN 9780798137706
Publisher: Human & Rousseau, Kaapstad / Pretoria, 1997
Used - Very Good+
First Edition. 317 pages (complete). Afrikaans Text.
The jacket is in a very good condition, presents beautifully in cellophane. The boards are lightly rubbed. Internally, the pages are neat. Tightly bound.
319 pages, photographs, references, bibliography, Afrikaans text : authoritative biography, haar lewe was haar boodskap, although the text is in Afrikaans, many of the letters (some from Emily Hobhouse) are in English;
Rachel Isabella (Tibbie) Steyn (Philippolis, 5 Maart 1865 – Bloemfontein, 3 Januarie 1955) was ’n Suid-Afrikaanse vroueleier en eggenote van die laaste president van die Oranje-Vrystaat, Marthinus Theunis Steyn. Hoewel sy van Skotse herkoms was aan sowel moeders- as vaderskant, het sy haar veral vanaf die Anglo-Boereoorlog ten volle vereenselwig met wat sy self as die "Boerevolk" beskryf het en kry dan ook sodoende die eretitel "volksmoeder"
