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[[File:IsieKrige1888.png|thumb|Isie Krige (1888)]] |
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[[File:Smutsgesin.jpg|thumb|Isie Smuts with husband and daughter (c. 1895)]] |
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”’Sybella (Isie) Margaretha Smuts”’ née ”’Krige”’, also known as ”’Ouma Smuts”’, (1870—1954), wife of the South African prime minister [[Jan Smuts]], was a South African politician, anti-apartheid advocate and charity organizer. She played a leading role in the Women’s United Party associated with the [[United Party (South Africa)]] and was an active member of the Suid-Afrikaanse Vrouefederasie (South African Women’s Federation). In 1940, she founded and manage a fund in favour of the troops serving during the [[Second World War]].{{cite web|url=https://www.smutshouse.co.za/biographies-2/|title=Biographies of Jan and Isie Smuts|publisher=Smuts House Museum|accessdate=24 November 2023 |language=}}{{cite web|url=https://www.oliveschreiner.org/vre?view=personae&entry=74|title= Isie Smuts (nee Krige)|publisher=The Oliver Schreiner Letters online|accessdate=24 November 2023 |language=}} In 1945, she supported the founding of the [[Women’s International Democratic Federation]], an anti-fascist organization intent on preventing war and improving women’s rights.{{cite web|url=https://www.un-ilibrary.org/content/journals/15643913/47/1/18|title=A Brief Survey of Women’s Rights from 1945 to 2009|publisher=United Nations Department of Global Communications|date=April 2012b |volume=47 |issue=1 |pages=56–59 |accessdate= |issn=1564-3913 |language=}} |
”’Sybella (Isie) Margaretha Smuts”’ née ”’Krige”’, also known as ”’Ouma Smuts”’, (1870—1954), wife of the South African prime minister [[Jan Smuts]], was a South African politician, anti-apartheid advocate and charity organizer. She played a leading role in the Women’s United Party associated with the [[United Party (South Africa)]] and was an active member of the Suid-Afrikaanse Vrouefederasie (South African Women’s Federation). In 1940, she founded and manage a fund in favour of the troops serving during the [[Second World War]].{{cite web|url=https://www.smutshouse.co.za/biographies-2/|title=Biographies of Jan and Isie Smuts|publisher=Smuts House Museum|accessdate=24 November 2023 |language=}}{{cite web|url=https://www.oliveschreiner.org/vre?view=personae&entry=74|title= Isie Smuts (nee Krige)|publisher=The Oliver Schreiner Letters online|accessdate=24 November 2023 |language=}} In 1945, she supported the founding of the [[Women’s International Democratic Federation]], an anti-fascist organization intent on preventing war and improving women’s rights.{{cite web|url=https://www.un-ilibrary.org/content/journals/15643913/47/1/18|title=A Brief Survey of Women’s Rights from 1945 to 2009|publisher=United Nations Department of Global Communications|date=April 2012b |volume=47 |issue=1 |pages=56–59 |accessdate= |issn=1564-3913 |language=}} |
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Sybella (Isie) Margaretha Smuts née Krige, also known as Ouma Smuts, (1870—1954), wife of the South African prime minister Jan Smuts, was a South African politician, anti-apartheid advocate and charity organizer. She played a leading role in the Women’s United Party associated with the United Party of South Africa and was an active member of the Suid-Afrikaanse Vrouefederasie (South African Women’s Federation). In 1940, she founded and manage a fund in favour of the troops serving during the Second World War.[1][2] In 1945, she supported the founding of the Women’s International Democratic Federation, an anti-fascist organization intent on preventing war and improving women’s rights.[3]
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