Marie Koopmans-de Wet

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Marie Koopmans-de Wet
Born	Maria Margaretha de Wet (1834-03-18)18 March 1834 Koopmans-de Wet House, Cape Town, Cape Colony
Died	2 August 1906(1906-08-02) (aged 72) Cape Town, Cape Province
Burial place	Wynberg, Cape Town
Nationality	South African
Spouse	Johan Christoffel Koopmans ​ ​ (m. 1864; died 1880)​
Parents	Johannes Augustus de Wet (father) Adriana Dorothea Horak (mother)

Maria Margaretha Koopmans-de Wet (locally /ˈkʊərpmʌnz də ˈvɛt/ KOORP-munz də VET,^[1] Afrikaans: [ˈkuəpmans də ˈvɛt]; née de Wet; 18 March 1834 – 2 August 1906) was a campaigner for Afrikaner rights, cultural leader, patriotic benefactor, renowned Cape hostess, patron of the arts and South African philanthropist.^[2]

She was the daughter of Johannes de Wet and Adriana Horak and married Johan Christoffel Koopmans. She was an influential member of the wealthy Boer elite in Cape Town. Her house was a center of the colony's high society, frequented by the British governor.

She is known as an activist in favor of the preservation of the Afrikaans language and culture during the period of the British Empire in South Africa.

During the Second Boer War, she worked to approve the conditions of the Boer women and children who had been interned by the British. She attracted the attention of Queen Victoria to the issue, and was herself placed in house arrest because of it.

Her house became the Koopmans-de Wet House Museum.