1. This position makes it particularly difficult for the historian to refer to her as either Philip or Fairbairn, and, despite the obvious problems attendant upon this fact, I have therefore chosen to refer to her by her first name
2. 1996. 351–70. On the neglect of women and gender issues in South African history of this period, see H. Bradford, ‘Women, Gender and Colonialism: Rethinking the History of the British Cape Colony and its Frontier Zones, c.1806–1870’,Journal of African History, 37, 3