The turbulent 1950s - Women as defiant activists
… Matomela (eastern Cape president of the ANCWL), Frances Baard , who was a leading local figure in the Food and … fact subsequently included in the Freedom Charter. Frances Baard, a prominent trade unionist and member of the executive … as Lilian Ngoyi, Helen Joseph, Annie Silinga and Francis Baard. They were accused of plotting to overthrow the …