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… ‘Strijdom, you have tampered with the women, You have struck a rock.'  So runs the song composed to … to send delegates to the mass gathering in August. The Women's March was a spectacular success. Women from all parts of … The 1956 Women’s March, Pretoria, 9 August …

… the masses are its power. There are thousands of men and women whose names are unknown, but they are the ones who … pavements in Pretoria, with the consequence that African women and chil­dren were injured daily. So, one day, … injured in the battle. In Sophiatown, during the Women's Anti-Pass Campaign of the late Fifties some of us had the …

… The NCAW was established in 1933 by a group of women in Kimberley. It amalgamated a number of smaller … conditions for Africans. It apparently absorbed the Bantu Women's League (BWL) and Charlotte Maxeke , who had headed the BWL, … National Council of African Women (NCAW) …

… A decade by decade events account of the women's struggle in South Africa. 1905 Charlotte Maxeke, formerly a … delinquents, and runs an employment agency for Black women. Maxeke becomes involved in many issues affecting … The Women’s struggle Timeline 1905-2006 …

… Congress was created in 1912 and a year later the Bantu Women’s league was created. In 1944, women were granted membership for the ANC. The ANCWL fought … Anc.org.za, (2008). African National Congress Women's League Constitution . [online] Available at: … The ANC Women’s League in the Struggle for Women’s Rights in South …

… Speech by President Mandela at the Symposium for World Women's Day …

… 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, … History of Women’s Struggle in South Africa …

… In the 1950s the government's increasingly repressive policies began to pose a direct … proved to be a turbulent decade. We shall see that women were prominent in virtually all these avenues of … none were they more committed than the anti-pass campaign. Women and the anti-pass campaign 1950-1953 The apartheid …

… The WEAU and votes for white women Until 1930 there were no women in South Africa who had the right to vote. It was felt that a women's place was in the home and that politics was the domain of … Women’s Enfranchisement Association of the Union (WEAU) …

… in production by 400 per cent (Cameron, 1986: 90). Women were prominently involved in the food and canning … during World War II and the post-war era. Black men and women from the Eastern Cape and Western Cape were driven off  … and then packing fruits in the tins… in the factory there’s a canning department, the cutting department, there’s a jam …

… men were imprisoned and tortured by the government, women were also subject to this oppression. Women were the inspiration for the men and their children, … and in some cases unwashed clothes. In Winnie Mandela’s autobiography she says that some objects ‘ have bad stories …

… Olive Schreiner Image source: (Cronwright-Schreiner, S.C. 1924. The Life of Olive Schreiner. London: Fisher Unwin) … ideals of the day. Self-educated like many of the women of the era who occupied similar positions as she, … gender roles that she believed placed limitations on women’s independence, and by the time she had reached 15 …

… Publishers.|African National Congress, (1980). The Role of Women in the Struggle against apartheid, 15 July. Available … 29 October, 2014]|African National Congress, (1954). Women’s Charter, 17 April. Available at … Women in the Cities and the Resistance Movement …

… SAHO and Southern Methodist University partnership project Women’s Role in the Negotiations Women played a major role in both politics and negotiations … Kagan, R., (1993). Election News from Africa African Women. [online] Available at https://www.aluka.org  [Accessed …

… Ramphele Mary Ranta Dolly Rathebe Florence Ribeiro S Magdalena Gertruide Sauer Miss Schlesin Olive Schreiner … A List of women involved in the women’s struggle in South Africa, 1900-1994 …

… project Abstract The Federation of South African Women founded in 1954 and was a federation of affiliated women’s organisations that opposed the apartheid government. The … Federation of South African Women by Skylar Jayes …

… Women in the new democracy …

… Natal Organisation of Women (NOW) …

… List of women assassinated/executed …

… both boosted the growth of the manufacturing industry. Women of all racial groups slowly began to gravitate to the … the reserves, economic opportunities opened up for African women too. Instead of struggling in the reserves without … this too, became a significant motivating factor in women's resistance against gender inequality and social injustice. …

… and began to consult with them. Throughout the 1980s, women were again at the forefront of the struggle. Prominent … Umkhonto we Sizwe receiving her training in Angola. Other women who had remained in South Africa began to establish women's organisations again and to align these to the newly-formed …

… It is only over the last three or four decades that women's role in the history of South Africa has, belatedly, been given some recognition. Previously the history of women's political organization, their struggle for freedom … Women at the start of the 20th century …

… plans to tackle the pass laws for blacks (both men and women) with massive protests, civil disobedience and pass … banned. The decline of the Federation of South African Women The banning of the ANC in 1960 threw the Federation of … became secretary of the African National Congress Women's League  (ANCWL)  in Tanzania in 1962. Similarly, Hilda …

… SAHO and Southern Methodist University partnership project Women’s Workplace Oppression in 1970s South Africa Abstract: Black, Coloured and Indian women faced harsh oppressions in the workplace during the … 1996. [Print]| The Black Sash . "Survey on Black Women in Employment in a number of Pinetown factories: …

… time Harriet became General Secretary for the GWIU, Indian women started to enter the industry in significant numbers … Indian women workers, Durban’s clothing industry and the GWIU …

… Barbara Masekela’s speech (ANC Women’s Section), 1982 …

… 1990s: Women in the pre-election period …

… List of women who died in exile …

… Cape Town Women’s Food Committee c.1946 -1953 …

… The political importance of women’s food committees in Cape Town during the 1940s has been … to get what and we decided to organise’. In 1943, local women began to form committees as the vans were being sent … H. 2007. “Representation and reality: Portraits of Women’s Lives in the Western            Cape 1948-1976”. HSRC …