African Women`s Resistance to the Pass Laws in South Africa 1950-1960, by Elizabeth S. Schmidt
… controls would destroy their last remaining hope - their freedom of movement. Unlike African men, the women who … permits, and reference books often fell into the general category of the "pass". Strictly speaking, permits … of the women and children of our land." (8) The "Women`s Charter", written at the first conference, called for the …