Biographies
462 records
| Src | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| B-0068392 | biography | Sonja Schlesin | 1888-1956 | ✓ |
| B-0068381 | biography | Dr Mamphela Aletta Ramphele | 1947 | ✓ |
| B-0068232 | biography | Rita Alice Ndzanga | 1933 | ✓ |
| B-0066410 | biography | Ruth Alexander | 1888-1942 | ✓ |
| B-0009230 | biography | Sue Williamson | 1941 | ✓ |
| B-0009091 | biography | Janet Burnside Soga | 1827-1903 | ✓ |
| B-0008814 | biography | Nongqawuse | 1841-1898 | ✓ |
| B-0008622 | biography | Geraldine Fraser-Moleketi | 1960 | ✓ |
| B-0008413 | biography | Nise Bulelwa Malange | – | ✓ |
| B-0008357 | biography | Graça Simbine Machel | 1945 | ✓ |
| B-0008191 | biography | Noni Jabavu | 1919-2008 | ✓ |
| B-0008169 | biography | Barbara Anne Hogan | 1952 | ✓ |
| B-0008092 | biography | Sushila Gandhi | 1907-1988 | – |
| B-0007876 | biography | Elize Botha | 1930-2007 | ✓ |
| B-0007786 | biography | Jane Alexander | 1959 | – |
Sonja Schlesin
Sonja Schlesin was born in Moscow on 6 June 1888 to Isidor Schlesin and his wife Helena Dorothy (nee Schloss). The Schlesin family later…
Dr Mamphela Aletta Ramphele
Mamphela Ramphele was born on 28 December 1947 in Bochum District, Northern Transvaal (now Limpopo). Her mother, Rangoato Rahab, and her…
Rita Alice Ndzanga
Rita Ndzanga was born on 17 October 1933, the third child of Isaac and Alina More in a village called Mogopa near Ventersdorp, western…
Ruth Alexander
Ruth Alexander was the daughter of a well-known Hebrew scholar, Solomon Schechter. She was educated at schools in Cambridge, England and…
Sue Williamson
Sue Williamson was born in Litchfield, England in 1941. Her family immigrated to South Africa in 1948. Williamson studied at the Art…
Janet Burnside Soga
Janet Burnside Soga was born on 18 March 1827 in Hutchesontown, Glasgow. She was the eldest daughter of Alan Burnside and Isabelle Kirkland…
Nongqawuse
History is not kind to Nongqawuse. What we know of her is mainly related to the Cattle-Killing/Millenarian Movement of 1856-7 and her…
Geraldine Fraser-Moleketi
Geraldine Fraser was born in 1960 in Lansdowne, Cape Town. She received her primary education in Wynberg and matriculated at Livingstone…
Nise Bulelwa Malange
Nise Malange was born in 1960, in Cape Town Western Province (now Western Cape Province), South Africa and grew up in Clovelly. As a young…
Graça Simbine Machel
Graça Simbine Machel was born on 17 October 1945, in Gaza, Mozambique, the last in a family of six children. Her father, a Methodist…
Noni Jabavu
Helen Nontando (Noni) Jabavu was born in 1919 in the Eastern Cape into a literary family. From the age of thirteen, she was schooled in…
Barbara Anne Hogan
Barbara Hogan was born on 28 February 1952 and grew up in Benoni. After completing her primary school education, Hogan enrolled and…
Sushila Gandhi
Sushila Mashruwallah was born in India and grew up in Akola, a city in the state of Maharashtra located in central India. She was the…
Elize Botha
Elizabeth Botha (née Lindes) was born on 19 November 1930 and grew up in Krugersdorp, West Rand, Transvaal (now Gauteng). She enrolled at…
Jane Alexander
This biography was written by SAHO in collaboration with Artthrob Modus Operandi Jane Alexander is known for her figurative…