• Grundlingh, Albert. "The National Women's Monument. The Making and Mutation of Meaning in Afrikaner Memory of the South African War."
  • National Womens Monument Image source. The monument created by Anton van Wouw, was put up in 1913 in remembrance of the 26 370 Boer women...
  • For the Boer population the monument was and still is very important. The message is clear: our women suffered,, but endured and never gave up.
  • The National Women’s Monument was built to memorialise the 27,000 women and children who passed away in the Second Boer War.
  • The National Women’s Monument (also called the National Women’s Memorial) is located in Bloemfontein, South Africa.
  • Read more about what the National Women's Memorial commemorates, as well as about the monument itself.
  • Of the 40 monuments, memorials, and statues on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., none are dedicated to American women’s history.
  • The National Women’s Monument is a significant historical landmark in Bloemfontein, honoring the women and children who suffered during the Anglo-Boer War.
  • Congress tasked us with building a national monument in D.C. that honors the early American movement for women's equality.