Complex sentence: As a highly respected third generation British settler, Fairbridge was a pillar of the colonial establishment and met with British women from the upper social classes who came out to South Africa from Britain before and during the Second Boer War.
Split into simpler sentences: As a highly respected third generation British settler, Fairbridge was a pillar of the colonial establishment. She met with British women from the upper social classes who traveled to South Africa from Britain before and during the Second Boer War.