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… The 1956 Women’s March in Pretoria , South Africa constitutes an especially … Side by Side (Zed Books Ltd, 1986), 1-20.|Magubane, Peter. Women’s March . August 9, 1956.  Photograph. Pretoria, South Africa. Available at: … The 1956 Women’s March in Pretoria …

… ‘Strijdom, you have tampered with the women, You have struck a rock.'  So runs the song composed to mark this historic occasion.  By the middle of 1956 plans had been laid for the Pretoria march and the FSAW … send delegates to the mass gathering in August. The Women's March was a spectacular success. Women from all parts of …

… However, her political activities soon turned to focus on women’s issues. She became a founding member of the Federation of … organized the historic women’s march against pass laws in 1956 . Bertha traveled the entire country with Helen Joseph , …

… for a white family, looking after their child because Ruth’s father had died when she was fourteen and her mother did … was elected to the National Executive Committee of the ANC Women’s League . Mompati was involved in the  Defiance … one of the leaders of the Women’s March on the 9th August 1956. She went into exile in 1962 where she underwent …

… In 1954 she participated in the establishment of the ANC Women’s League in Cato Manor and becoming Chairperson of the "Two … one of the leaders against the removals from Cato Manor in 1956, and also one of the leaders of boycotts of the … ANC's official website|Gail M. Gerhart, Teresa Barnes, Antony …

… on 1 January 1918.  She was one of the organisers of the Women's March to the Union Buildings. The women were protesting … against the extension of the pass laws to women in 1956. At the time, Gazo lived in Payneville, Springs, east of …

… 2000, four young oral historians interviewed fourteen women who participated in the 1956 March. Here are extracts from three interviews (Q: Indicates interviewer's question)   Interview One: Dorothy Masenya (DM) … Extracts of 3 Interviews from the 1956 Women’s Anti-Pass March …

… in 1921. ‘Palmer’ is the anglicised version of her father’s Zulu name, ‘Mpama’. She would later adopt the surname … in politics when she became one of the first Black women to join the CPSA in the late1920s, becoming the … with a banning order just before the historic 9 August 1956 anti-pass Women’s March to the Union Buildings in …

… Thandray, later secretary of the TIC, who became Amina’s mentor. When she was fifteen years old, she transferred as … at the Industrial Council. In 1948, she established the Women’s Progressive Union that worked hand-in-hand with the … march to include women of all races and on the 9 August 1956 , 20 000 women marched to the Union Buildings to present …

… supporters. [1] Upon her return to South Africa in 1956 she became a member of the Communist Party and became involved in the Federation of South African Women(FSAW) since she was one of the organizers of 1956 Women’s March to the Union Building. [2] Due to censorship laws …

… the Defiance Campaign . Mnumzana was part of the anti-pass Women’s March of 1956 to the Union Buildings in Pretoria. In 1960 she became … Department of Arts, Culture, Science and Technology. 2000. Women Marching Into the 21st Century: Wathint' Abafazi, …

… Francina Pretorius, who was also from Ladybrand. Francina’s mother was an Afrikaner and the children were brought up … of the local branch of the African National Congress Women’s League (ANCWL). As elsewhere in South Africa, African … ‘Hands Off Our Leaders Campaign’ in opposition to the 1956 Treason Trial . In 1957, she was involved in the …

… wanted to fight against apartheid and the oppression of women, and so joined the Congress Movement. She participated … sent back. She next planned to participate in the  Women’s March  in 1956 in Pretoria , but was once again sent home after her bus …

… converted to Islam and took the name Amina. Fatima Meer's father, Moosa, was born in Surat, Gujarat and came from the … Mkhize (president of the African National Congress (ANC) Women's League ) became the Chairperson. The League organised … Anti-Pass March on the Union Buildings in Pretoria in 1956. In 1956, Meer started to lecture Sociology at the …

… in the 1950s as a member of African National Congress Women’s League (ANCWL), and was subsequently elected as regional … to the women’s march on the Union Buildings on 9 August, 1956 in a campaign against the apartheid government policy … • Scanlon, H, Representation and Reality, Portraits of Women’s Lives in the Western Cape 1948-1976, (Human Sciences …

… the African National Congress (ANC) , the Coloured People’s Congress (CPC), and the South African Indian Congress … not make it to Kliptown. When the Treason Trial began in 1956, Thornton served on the Treason Trial Support Committee. … of the organisers of the historic 9 August anti-pass laws women’s march to the Union Buildings in Pretoria. In …

… of the People, where the  Freedom Charter  was adopted. In 1956, while pregnant with her daughter, Natasha, she helped organise the Women’s March , under the auspices of the  Federation of South … History of Women's struggle in South Africa …

… campaign and was sentenced to one month of hard labour. In 1956, Fatima participated in the historic  Women’s March  to the  Union Buildings  on August 9th. She and her …

… schooling at Klipfontein Methodist Mission, near Cape Town’s International Airport. Later, among the first group of … , then at Bridgetown East Primary School in Athlone in 1956- armed with a dream to inspire children to succeed in … ) were exerting strong political influence over illiterate women prisoners , the authorities decided to move them from …

… Athlone ANC branch, and was one of those charged in the 1956 Treason Trial . Lettie attended primary school in … was actively involved in the African National Congress Women’s League (ANCWL) and Federation of South African Women … Scanlon, H. 2007. “Representation and reality: Portraits of Women’s Lives in the Western            Cape 1948-1976”. HSRC …

… and in November 1958 he completed his Matric. Phokanoka’s political influence came from various places and … to political developments in the country including the 1956 Women’s March and the 1956 Treason Trial .   After completing …

… her four sisters. Her mother was a seamstress. The family’s stay in Vrededorp did not last long as the government’s … 1955 Congress of the People in Kliptown and joined the ANC Women’s March , against passes, in August 1956 – two events which would make a lasting impression on …

… father joined the army to fight in World War II , Sophia’s mother Frances Elizabeth moved out of the family house with … was already banned. Together they helped to organize the women around pass issues with women such as Helen Joseph , … . She led the Women’s March to the Union Buildings in 1956 and is the only surviving leader of the historical …

… She became politically aware as result of her father’s protection over his wife and children from the racism that … grassroots organiser for the Federation of South African Women (FEDSAW) and was a volunteer and participant in all of … founding conference and pledged their support. On 9 August 1956 , Mary joined the 20 000 women who marched to the Union …

… her father brought the family to Cape Town , her mother’s birthplace. The family stayed with her grandfather, the … sashes, confronted him. The movement was then called The Women’s Defence of the Constitution League. Jean Sinclair and … The League later changed its name to Black Sash. In 1956 the Black Sash organised a march in Cape Town, up …

… was born in Johannesburg , Transvaal (now Gauteng ) in 1956 to G.D.L. Deneys and Else Schreiner.  Else and Deneys … Sash  and National President of the National Council of Women in Natal between 1983 and 1986. As Chairwoman of the Natal Midlands Women’s Coalition between 1992 and 1994, she coordinated regional …

… as the flu was called in isiXhosa, was lethal to pregnant women and small babies, however, baby Nontsikelelo was born … call had not stipulated an age limit, Albertina’s teachers wrote to the local isiXhosa newspaper, Imvo … the organizers of the historic anti-pass women’s march in 1956 and opposed inferior `Bantu’ education . Her home in …

… (ANCYL) and was actively involved in the organisation’s activities. It was in Cradock that she also met and married … Ngalo. Soon, she joined the African National Congress Women’s League (ANCWL) . As she played an active role in the … political affiliation, in the fight against apartheid. In 1956, she was involved in the historic women’s march to the …

… Hersheela Narsee was born in Durban on the 23 of March 1956. Narsee grew up in a family of eight children. She … one of the founding members of the Natal Organization of Women (NOW), becoming the organisation’s first secretary. In 1990, she worked with the Detainees …

… arrested. There were eighteen resisters, six of whom were women: Zainab Asvat, Zohra Bhayat, Amina Pahad, Zubeida Patel … of the NIC, were the leaders of the group. Zainab’s sister, Amina (Asvat) Cachalia , and her school friends … on her medical practice and her family. At the end of 1956, she became politically active again. The arrest of one …