Lady Sarah Isabella Augusta Wilson became one of the first female war correspondents in 1899, when she was recruited by Alfred Harmsworth to cover the Siege of Mafeking for the Daily Mail during the Second Boer War.

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Occupation: war correspondent
Citizenship: United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Born: July 4, 1865
Died: 1929, October 22, 1929

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Sarah Wilson

British war correspondent (1865-1929)

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