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Emily Conybeare

Emily Conybeare was a British feminist who visited South Africa in 1891. She was closely associated with the Ladies National Association (LNA) formed in 1869 as part of the repeal campaign against the Contagious Diseases Acts. Once in South Africa Conybeare joined forces with the Women’s Christian Temperance Union (WCTU) and formed a committee to prevent the extension of the Acts to Kimberley. Schreiner it seems met Conybeare on several occasions and mentioned this in several letters to Mary Sauer from 1891. It is likely that some letters were exchanged between Schreiner and Conybeare, although none have been traced.

For further information see:
Elizabeth Van Heyningen (1984) “The Social Evil in the Cape Colony 1868 - 1902: Prostitution and the Contagious Diseases Acts” Journal of Southern African Studies 10, 2, pp.170 - 197

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 National English Literary Museum, Grahamstown: The National English Literary Museum is the leading location for collections pertaining to the imaginative and creative writi... Show/Hide Collection Letters

 Olive Schreiner: Edward Carpenter SMD 30/32/i:De Aar, May 6th 1911, Dear Edward, Many years ago, I think it was in 92 or three 93 - just after I first came out to Africa I...

 Olive Schreiner: Edward Carpenter SMD 30/32/j:De Aar, July 4th 1911, Dear E.C., I wrote you a longish letter to go off by this week's mail but I must have put it into an e...

 National Library of South Africa, Cape Town: Special Collections at the NLSA provide one of the leading locations for archival papers across many periods, organisations a... Show/Hide Collection Letters

 Olive Schreiner: Mary Sauer MSC 26/2.11.43:Tuesday , Cape Town., I'm here, dear. All the way down in the train last night I was looking forward to seeing you; & Mis...

 Olive Schreiner: Mary Sauer MSC 26/2.11.44:Thursday night , My darling Mary , Can I come early on Saturday morning to you & spend the morning & then go with you...

 Olive Schreiner: Mary Sauer MSC 26/2.11.45:Queen's Hotel , Frid Wednesday, Dear Mary,, I'm sitting here with the beautiful old sea making a noise just below my window. ...

 Olive Schreiner: Mary Sauer MSC 26/2.11.47:My darling old Mary, We had such a splendid day up the mountain yesterday. You were the old only person I wished was up there...

 Olive Schreiner: Mary Sauer MSC 26/2.11.56:Matjesfontein, Th Wednesday, I've a long letter three sheets for you here, but I think I won't send it. I'm always writing le...

 Olive Schreiner: Mary Sauer MSC 26/2.11.61:New College , Eastbourne , Sunday, Dear Mary, I'm longing to see you. I shall go up to London tomorrow afternoon; my address ...