As the first female volunteer, Dutchwoman Jeanne Merkus joined the Bosnia-Herzegovina uprising (1875-1878) around Christmas and invested more than Serbian giants invested. Issued for the pious woman, wanting to, with her wealth in money and soul, to help the oppressed Christian people fight off the Ottomans. It was said that she personally knew Giuseppe Garibaldi, whom she met in Italy, and personally vouched for her reception among Herzegovina fighters in a letter
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