Report on the demonstration that took place in Pretoria, on 9 August 1956 by 20000 women against pass laws, the plight of Black women under apartheid, the lives of some of the women who have gone to prison, been banned and banished because of their opposition to apartheid.
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Women against apartheid in South Africa
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South African History Online. (2016, February 22). Women against apartheid in South Africa. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/R-0119201
South African History Online (2016) 'Women against apartheid in South Africa', South African History Online, 22 February. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/R-0119201 (Accessed: 25 July 2026).
South African History Online, Women against apartheid in South Africa [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/R-0119201, (accessed 25 July 2026).
"Women against apartheid in South Africa." South African History Online, 22 Feb. 2016, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/R-0119201. Accessed 25 July 2026.
South African History Online. "Women against apartheid in South Africa." South African History Online. February 22, 2016. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/R-0119201.
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