Heloise Ruth First, journalist, academic, political activist and ‘listed’ communist, is born in Johannesburg.

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01Verwey, E.J. (ed)(1995). New Dictionary of South African Biography, v.1, Pretoria: HSRC.

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South African History Online. (2012, May 3). Heloise Ruth First, journalist, academic, political activist and ‘listed’ communist, is born in Johannesburg.. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0082544

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South African History Online. "Heloise Ruth First, journalist, academic, political activist and ‘listed’ communist, is born in Johannesburg.." South African History Online. May 3, 2012. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0082544.