Lizzie van Zyl
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Lizzie Van Zyl was a child inmate of Bloemfontein camp who died from typhoid fever
during the Second Boer War
. Activist Emily Hobhouse
used her death as an example of the hardships the Boer women and children faced in the British concentration camps during the war.
Typhoid fever
Typhoid fever, also known as Typhoid, is a common worldwide bacterial disease, transmitted by the ingestion of food or water contaminated with the feces of an infected person, which contain the bacterium Salmonella enterica, serovar Typhi...
during the Second Boer War
Second Boer War
The Second Boer War was fought from 11 October 1899 until 31 May 1902 between the British Empire and the Afrikaans-speaking Dutch settlers of two independent Boer republics, the South African Republic and the Orange Free State...
. Activist Emily Hobhouse
Emily Hobhouse
Emily Hobhouse was a British welfare campaigner, who is primarily remembered for bringing to the attention of the British public, and working to change, the poor conditions inside the British concentration camps in South Africa built for Boer women and children during the Second Boer War.-Early...
used her death as an example of the hardships the Boer women and children faced in the British concentration camps during the war.