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385 records
| Src | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| B-0007800 | biography | Zainab Ebrahim Asvat | 1920-2013 | ✓ |
| B-0008747 | biography | Dr Hersheela Narsee | 1956 | ✓ |
| B-0150170 | biography | Lillian Diedericks | 1925 | ✓ |
| B-0150226 | biography | Mary Thipe | 1917-2000 | ✓ |
| B-0008914 | biography | Ronald “Ron” Press | 1929-2009 | – |
| B-0008772 | biography | Lauretta Ngcobo | 1931-2015 | ✓ |
| B-0068392 | biography | Sonja Schlesin | 1888-1956 | ✓ |
| B-0150389 | biography | Selloane Ethel Leisa | 1914-2016 | ✓ |
| B-0009119 | biography | Oliver Tambo | 1917-1993 | ✓ |
| B-0008431 | biography | Winnie Madikizela-Mandela | 1936-2018 | ✓ |
| B-0008734 | biography | Phyllis Naidoo | 1928-2013 | ✓ |
| B-0009245 | biography | Dr Alfred Bitini Xuma | 1893-1962 | ✓ |
| A-0099579 | article | Women’s Role in the Negotiations by Nicole Dellaportas | 10 Jun 2015 | ✓ |
| B-0149616 | biography | Adelaine Florence Hain | 1927-2019 | ✓ |
| A-0059682 | article | Women’s resistance in the 1960s - Sharpeville and its aftermath | 31 Mar 2011 | – |
| B-0008949 | biography | Maggie Resha | 1923-2003 | – |
| B-0068385 | biography | Magdaline ‘Maggie’ Resha | 1923-2003 | ✓ |
| A-0016658 | article | History of Women’s Struggle in South Africa | 21 Mar 2011 | – |
| B-0068245 | biography | Lillian Masediba Ngoyi | 1911-1980 | ✓ |
| A-0059666 | article | United Women’s Congress (UWCO) | 31 Mar 2011 | – |
| B-0007783 | biography | Ray Alexander Simons | 1914-2004 | ✓ |
| A-0059654 | article | ANC Women’s League (ANCWL) | 31 Mar 2011 | – |
| A-0096274 | article | The 1913 Women’s anti-pass campaign in the Orange Free State | 6 Aug 2013 | – |
| B-0007922 | biography | Cheryl Carolus | 1959 | ✓ |
| B-0008070 | biography | Molly Fischer | 1908-1964 | ✓ |
| B-0065300 | biography | Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela | 1918-2013 | ✓ |
| B-0008217 | biography | Helen Joseph | 1905-1992 | ✓ |
| B-0008051 | biography | Suliman Moosa Esakjee | 1928-2009 | ✓ |
| R-0110306 | archive | Womens march in Pretoria: 9 August 1956 | 22 Feb 2016 | – |
| A-0016645 | article | Apartheid and reactions to it | 21 Mar 2011 | – |
BiographyZainab Ebrahim Asvat
… 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…
BiographyDr Hersheela Narsee
… 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…
BiographyLillian Diedericks
… working-class activist leaders made up of both men and women started to bring about a new political dynamism; … in the 1940s and 50s played an important role…
BiographyMary Thipe
… the African National Congress (ANC) and became the ANC Women’s League (ANCWL) vice-chairperson in the Cato Manor region. … of fighters. She was part of the…
BiographyRonald “Ron” Press
… over 20 years. He was in one of the White worker-commando's during the 1922 Rand Revolt as a dispatch rider. His … the COD on the COP Transvaal Committee…
BiographyLauretta Ngcobo
… She is well known as a feminist writer during the early 50’s though her work was only published in the 80s and 90s. Ngcobo was one of the main speakers…
BiographySonja Schlesin
… had suggested to Gandhi. Her response to her employer’s offer of more than £6 was, “I am not here to draw a salary … refusal was based on the premise that …
BiographySelloane Ethel Leisa
… 1940s and became a member of the African National Congress Women’s League (ANCWL) . Opting for an under-the-radar stance, she … of the organisation) and…
BiographyOliver Tambo
… Later, Mzimeni converted to Christianity while Oliver's mother was already a devout Christian. After his birth, … person in charge of the university kitchen…
BiographyWinnie Madikizela-Mandela
… and Agriculture Department during Kaizer Matanzima 's rule. Her mother, Nomathamsanqa Mzaidume (Gertrude), was a … Treason Trial , which had commenced the…
BiographyPhyllis Naidoo
… her. “The boy you want is my husband.” The woman’s regal presence made Phyllis realise that she had given … these sick people. During that time Phyllis…
BiographyDr Alfred Bitini Xuma
… were responsible for herding and milking their father’s livestock and learned to work the fields with an oxen-led … colour bar, and a host of other measures…
ArticleWomen’s Role in the Negotiations by Nicole Dellaportas
… SAHO and Southern Methodist University partnership project Women’s Role in the Negotiations Women played a major role in both … a march at Pretoria was the…
BiographyAdelaine Florence Hain
… 92, surrounded by her family in Neath, South Wales. Hain's banishment to Britain failed to quell her anti-apartheid … Elizabeth , Pietermaritzburg, Ladysmith…
ArticleWomen’s resistance in the 1960s - Sharpeville and its aftermath
… plans to tackle the pass laws for blacks (both men and women) with massive protests, civil disobedience and pass … became secretary of the African National…
BiographyMaggie Resha
… (Hope) but christened Magdaline after her grandfather’s elder brother’s wife. Resha began her schooling at age … elected to the NEC of the Federation of…
BiographyMagdaline ‘Maggie’ Resha
… (Hope) but christened Magdaline after her grandfather’s elder brother’s wife. Resha began her schooling at age … elected to the NEC of the Federation of…
ArticleHistory of Women’s Struggle in South Africa
… Women at the start of the 20th century It is only over the last three or four decades that women's role in the history of South Africa has, belatedly, been ……
BiographyLillian Masediba Ngoyi
… in a clothing factory, where she worked from 1945 to 1956. Ngoyi joined the Garment Workers Union (GWU) under … joining the ANC she was elected as…
ArticleUnited Women’s Congress (UWCO)
… As a result of parent's reactions to the 1976 uprisings and their aftermath, ex-Federation of South African Women (FEDSAW) members in the Western Cape began…
BiographyRay Alexander Simons
… campaign. She was involved with all facets of the Party's work, and after being dismissed from a job for attending … the Communist Party in 1934 and 1935,…
ArticleANC Women’s League (ANCWL)
… Congress (ANC) was formed in 1912, it did not accept women as members. In 1918, the government threatened to … to passes. In the light of these events, the…
ArticleThe 1913 Women’s anti-pass campaign in the Orange Free State
… a foundation for pass system. However, over time men and women resisted the imposition of passes as it severely … made servants. Part of the South African…
BiographyCheryl Carolus
… working class family. Her father was employed as a printer’s assistant and her mother worked as a nurse aid. She … Carolus speaking at the University of the…
BiographyMolly Fischer
… was born on the 23rd of February, 1908 on the family’s smallholding in Silverton , near Pretoria . Her father, … Bram Fischer , in 1927 in Bloemfontein while…
BiographyNelson Rolihlahla Mandela
… of the Thembu and a member of the Madiba clan. Mandela's original name was Rolihlahla, which literally means … for his son Justice and Mandela to marry two…
BiographyHelen Joseph
… Her service as an information and welfare officer in the Women's Auxiliary Air Force during the Second World War , and her … the Congress of the People. The…
BiographySuliman Moosa Esakjee
… unjust laws. He stood trial with 155 others in the 1956 Treason Trial , which continued until March 1961. … would have raised it to greater heights". On the…
ArchiveWomens march in Pretoria: 9 August 1956
… Womens march in Pretoria: 9 August 1956 …
ArticleApartheid and reactions to it
… in Kliptown in 1955 to adopt the Freedom Charter and the women’s anti pass march in 1956 expressed women’s abhorrence of the extension of pass …