Biographies
7 records
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| Src | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| B-0148782 | biography | Dorothy Nomazotsho Zihlangu | 1920-1991 | ✓ |
| B-0095146 | biography | Amy Thornton | 1932 | ✓ |
| B-0093139 | biography | Jennifer Schreiner | 1956 | ✓ |
| B-0083813 | biography | Mildred Lesiea | 1933 | ✓ |
| B-0008047 | biography | Virginia Engel | 1950-2015 | ✓ |
| B-0007922 | biography | Cheryl Carolus | 1959 | ✓ |
| B-0150214 | biography | Ruth Naomi Leon | 1945-1996 | ✓ |
Dorothy Nomazotsho Zihlangu
Dorothy Nomazotsho Zihlangu was born in 1920 at Dyamala Village in Alice in the Eastern province (now Eastern Cape). She received her…
Amy Thornton
Amy Rietstein (now Thornton) was born in 1932 in Cape Town, Cape Province (now Western Cape). Both her parents were actively involved in…
Jennifer Schreiner
Jennifer Schreiner (known as Jenny) was born in Johannesburg, Transvaal (now Gauteng) in 1956 to G.D.L. Deneys and Else Schreiner. Else…
Mildred Lesiea
Mandu Mildred Ramakaba-Lesiea was born on 28 January 1933 in Langa, Cape Town, Western Province (now Western Cape), the only official area…
Virginia Engel
Virginia Engel was born on 27 April 1950 in Cape Town. She married Desmond Engel and they have three daughters, Tania, Kim and Liza. Her…
Cheryl Carolus
Cheryl Carolus was born on 20 April 1959 in the Cape Flats of Cape Town to a working class family. Her father was employed as a printer’s…
Ruth Naomi Leon
The youngest of nine children, Ruth Naomi Leon (who later started calling herself Tania) was born in a small town called Wellington in the…