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History of Women’s Struggle in South Africa
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- Ellen LambertMember of the African National Congress, the United Democratic Front (UDF), a Congress of…
- Thenjiwe MtintsoJournalist, trade unionist, member of the Black Consciousness Movement (BCM) activist,…
- Nana Henrietta Moabi Member of the PAC and Poqo, active in the BCM, President of the Black Domestic Workers’…
- Jeanette Eva Schoon (née Curtis)Vice-President of NUSAS, President of NUSWEL, member of the executive committee of the…
- Dr. Frene Noshir GinwalaJournalist, editor, lecturer, lawyer, radio programme producer, member of the ANC,…
- Mildred LesieaTrade unionist, political detainee, banned person, member of the ANC, ANCWL, SACP, FSAW…
- Nandisile Thoko MpumlwanaAnti-apartheid activist, co-founding member of the BCM, member of SASO, banned for five…
- Mary MoodleyMember of the SACPO, ANC, SACTU, FAWU and FEDSAW, trade union organiser, banned person
- Nikiwe Deborah MatshobaRadiographer, literacy director of SASO, political prisoner, banned person
- Blanche la GumaMember of the Communist Party of South Africa, specialised midwife, politically active in…
- Rica HodgsonA member of South African Congress of Democrats (COD), and the Communist Party of South…
- Viola HasheLabour activist, first women leader of SACWU and vice-president of SACTU
- Ruth GosschalkPolitical activist, Member of the Union of Jewish Women, regional secretary of the…
- Dorothy Hazel AlexanderTeacher, member of Teachers League of South Africa, African Peoples Union of Southern…
- Jean Clarice MiddletonTeacher, political activist, political prisoner, member of the COD, SACP and ANC, author,…
- Eulalie Doreen StottFounding member of the Liberal Party, Anti-apartheid activist, President of the Black…
- Johanna Catharina Cornelius Trade Unionist, General Secretary of the Garment Worker’s Union
- Florence Elizabeth Mnumzananurse, member of the African National Congress (ANC), participated in the Defiance…
- Helene Marie PasstoorsLecturer, journalist, author, for her contribution to the struggle for liberation,…
- Maniben Sita Anti-apartheid activist; teacher; during the Passive Resistance Campaign in 1946, she and…
- Jean SinclairFounder member and first president of the Black Sash in 1955, led the organization until…
- Gertrude ShopeTeacher, member of the ANC, chairperson of the Central Western Jabavu Branch of the…
- Fatima SeedatMember of the Communist Party in Cape Town and after her marriage became a member of the…
- Magdaline ‘Maggie’ ReshaNurse, Member of the ANC and office-bearer, National Executive Committee member of the…
- Mary Goitsemang Ranta Trade unionist and shop steward for the Garment Workers’ Union, elected to the Transvaal…
- Dr Mamphela Aletta Ramphelebanned person, political prisoner, Member of SASO, BPC and BCP, medical doctor, academic,…
- Thayanayagie (Thailema) PillayPolitical activist, political prisoner, organised women resisters from the Asiatic Bazaar…
- Lillian Masediba NgoyiPolitician and anti-apartheid activist, Treason Trialist and President of the African…
- Rita Alice NdzangaSecretary of the Railway Workers Union, banned person
- Thambi Naransamy Naidoo Trade unionist, participated in the 1952 Defiance Campaign, Vice-President of the…
- Manonmoney "Ama" NaidooPolitical activist, political prisoner, imprisoned during the Indian Passive Resistance…
- Valiamma Munuswami Mudaliar A young girl who joined other women on a march to inform others of the passive resista
- Florence MophoshoFull time organiser for the ANC, mobilised for the Congress of the People and the 1956…
- Poomoney MoodleyCommunist, political activist, 90 day detainee
- Ruth MompatiMember of Parliament, South African ambassador and mayor
- Kate Dinkwetsi MolaleSecretary General of the Sophiatown branch of the ANC, represented the ANC Women’s…
- Ida Fiyo MntwanaFirst president of the African National Congress Women’s League, elected to the ANC…
- Florence MkhizeParticipated in the Defiance Campaign in 1952, which led to her being banned, worked…
- Bertha Mkhize Tailor, member of the Industrial Workers’ Union (ICU), took part in campaigns against…
- Nombuso MchunuGeneral secretary of the Chemical and Industrial Workers’ Union, Adult Basic Education…
- Letta MbuluSinger
- Nozizwe Charlotte Madlala-RoutledgeMember of NOW, UDF, ANC and the Central Committee of the SACP. Delegate to the Codesa…
- Millicent Fawcett Political activist
- Harriet BoltonGeneral Secretary of the Garment Workers’ Industrial Union (GWIU), Secretary of the…
- Ruth Alexandermember of Cape Women’s Enfranchisement League, friend of Olive Schreiner, politically…
- Nöel RobbSchool teacher and Honorary Life President of the Black Sash.
- Albertina Nontsikelelo SisuluAlbertina Sisulu 'the mother of the nation', activist and nurse, who has struggled for…
- Professor Fatima MeerPolitical leader, academic, publisher, author, human rights and gender activist and…
- Freda LevsonPolitical activist, administered the 1956 Treason Trial Defence Fund and IDAF worker
- Lutchmee Marie Community activist, member of the Ratepayers’ Association of Merebank, participated in…