Biographies
462 records
| Src | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| B-0068196 | biography | Manonmoney "Ama" Naidoo | 1908-1993 | ✓ |
| B-0068090 | biography | Poomoney Moodley | 1926-1982 | ✓ |
| B-0068085 | biography | Ruth Mompati | 1925-2015 | ✓ |
| B-0067964 | biography | Ida Fiyo Mntwana | 1903-1960 | – |
| B-0067957 | biography | Florence Mkhize | 1932-1999 | – |
| B-0067956 | biography | Bertha Mkhize | 1889 | – |
| B-0065346 | biography | Professor Fatima Meer | 1928-2010 | – |
| B-0009223 | biography | Sheila Weinberg | 1945-2004 | ✓ |
| B-0009182 | biography | Valliamma Munuswamy Mudaliar | 1898-1914 | ✓ |
| B-0009120 | biography | Adelaide Frances Tambo | 1929-2007 | ✓ |
| B-0009065 | biography | Dr Ansuyah Ratipul Singh | 1917-1978 | ✓ |
| B-0009054 | biography | Annie Silinga | 1910-1984 | – |
| B-0009051 | biography | Stella Margaret Nomzamo Sigcau | 1937-2006 | ✓ |
| B-0008861 | biography | Josie Palmer | 1903-1979 | ✓ |
| B-0008734 | biography | Phyllis Naidoo | 1928-2013 | ✓ |
Manonmoney "Ama" Naidoo
Manonmony Pillay was born in Pretoria, Transvaal (now Gauteng) on 30 November 1908. Her family was originally from the Thanjavur district…
Poomoney Moodley
Poomoney Moodley was born in Mooi River, Natal on 28 June 1926 to Ramsamy Dharamalingam Moodley and Kanniamah Moodley; who themselves were…
Ruth Mompati
Ruth Mompati was born on 14 September 1925 in the village called Khanyesa in the North West Province. She was the daughter of Seli Seichoko…
Ida Fiyo Mntwana
Ida was born in 1903 and worked as a dressmaker. She was the first president of the African National Congress Women’s League and a leader…
Florence Mkhize
Florence Grace Mkhize, widely known as 'Mam Flo', was born in 1932 in Natal. At a young age she decided she wanted to fight against…
Bertha Mkhize
Bertha Mkhize was born in 1889 in Embo, near Mkhomazi. Her father, an ox wagon driver died when Bertha was about four years old, after his…
Professor Fatima Meer
Fatima Meer was born in Grey Street, Durban on 12 August 1928, the daughter of Moosa Meer and Rachel Farrel and the second born of their…
Sheila Weinberg
Sheila Weinberg was born in Johannesburg on 1 October 1945, the daughter of Eli and Violet Weinberg who were both members of the ANC and…
Valliamma Munuswamy Mudaliar
The participation of women passive resisters was a key element of the Satyagraha Campaign of 1913 - 1914. Angered by the Supreme Court…
Adelaide Frances Tambo
Adelaide Frances Tambo (nee Tshukudu) was born on 18 July 1929 in Top Location, Vereeniging, in the Vaal Triangle. Tambo attended the St…
Dr Ansuyah Ratipul Singh
Dr Ansuyah Ratipul Singh was born in Durban, Natal (now kwaZulu-Natal) on 12 June 1917. She was the eldest daughter of Latchmee and…
Annie Silinga
Annie Silinga was born in 1910 at Nqqamakwe in the Butterworth district of the Transkei where she completed only a few years of primary…
Stella Margaret Nomzamo Sigcau
Stella Margaret Nomzamo Sigcau was born on 4 January 1937, she was the eldest of the three children of Paramount Chief Botha Sigcau of East…
Josie Palmer
Josephine ‘Josie’ Palmer (Mpama) was born in 1903 in Potchefstroom, Transvaal (now North West Province), to Georgina Garson and Stephen…
Phyllis Naidoo
Phyllis Naidoo was born in Estcourt, Natal (now kwaZulu-Natal) on the 5 January 1928. She was the daughter of Simon David, a teacher and…