Jacoba Elizabeth De la Rey

Born in 1856, Jacoba Elizabeth De la Rey was a South African writer best known for A woman's wanderings and trials during the Anglo-Boer War, first published in London in 1903. Project Gutenberg lists her dates as 1856–1923 and notes that the English edition was translated by Lucy Hotz from Herinneringen.

Her book is a memoir of life during the South African War of 1899–1902, told from the perspective of a woman trying to protect her family while her husband was away on commando. The narrative follows fear, displacement, grief, and endurance, and it stands out for the way it records the war not from the battlefield alone, but from the strain it placed on women and children.

Genealogy records indexed by WikiTree identify her as Jacoba Elisabeth Greeff, born on 28 May 1856 in Tulbagh, Cape Colony, and deceased in August 1923 in South Africa. A confirmed portrait image was not available from the sources I could verify, so no profile image is included here.