Margaret Clark Gillett (1878–1962) was a British botanist and social reformer who is noted for advocating for women and children held in concentration camps following the Boer War. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] In February 1909 she married banker Arthur Bevington Gillett (1875–1954). [6] [7]
The standard author abbreviation Gillett is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name. [8]
The project will primarily focus on Margaret, and her time spent working alongside Emily Hobhouse, who was outspoken about the poor treatment of women and children in concentration camps following the Boer War in South Africa. Margaret was a key figure in helping Emily Hobhouse raise awareness of the plight of the Boer people, and helped establish a spinning and weaving school in South Africa to help women affected by the war develop employable skills.
This essay introduces prominent figures who undertook a journey in a South African bush in 1923, and presents an extract from the unpublished trek journal of Margaret Gillett, née Clark, daughter of a well-known Somerset family. She and her husband were liberal-minded activists. Jan Christian Smuts, an international statesman and Prime Minister of South Africa accompanied them on this journey, as well as Illtyd Buller Pole-Evans, a botanist and an ecologist. In this extract, the diarist describes the landscape, flora and fauna, as well as encounters with Chief Malabok and the native inhabitants, including a gift exchange ceremony.
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Margaret Clark Gillett (1878–1962) was a British botanist and social reformer who is noted for advocating for women and children held in concentration camps following the Boer War. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] In February 1909 she married banker Arthur Bevington Gillett (1875–1954). [6] [7]
The standard author abbreviation Gillett is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name. [8]
The project will primarily focus on Margaret, and her time spent working alongside Emily Hobhouse, who was outspoken about the poor treatment of women and children in concentration camps following the Boer War in South Africa. Margaret was a key figure in helping Emily Hobhouse raise awareness of the plight of the Boer people, and helped establish a spinning and weaving school in South Africa to help women affected by the war develop employable skills.
This essay introduces prominent figures who undertook a journey in a South African bush in 1923, and presents an extract from the unpublished trek journal of Margaret Gillett, née Clark, daughter of a well-known Somerset family. She and her husband were liberal-minded activists. Jan Christian Smuts, an international statesman and Prime Minister of South Africa accompanied them on this journey, as well as Illtyd Buller Pole-Evans, a botanist and an ecologist. In this extract, the diarist describes the landscape, flora and fauna, as well as encounters with Chief Malabok and the native inhabitants, including a gift exchange ceremony.
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link)