Connections
History of Women’s Struggle in South Africa
240 PEOPLE
- Mary Susan Malahlela-XakanaThe first Black woman to register as a medical doctor in South Africa, founder member of…
- Josephine Ethel (Josie) WoodTeacher.
- Maria WilmanWilman studied botany at the University of Cambridge, which she completed in 1888 when…
- Sophia Theresa Williams de BruynExecutive member of the Textile Workers Union in Port Elizabeth, founder member of the…
- Sheila WeinbergMember of the African National Congress (ANC) and the SACP, secretary of the Human Rights…
- Trineke WeijdemaCo-founder of the Angola Comite (AC) in the Netherlands to support the freedom struggle…
- Jean van der PoelHistorian and lecturer
- Valliamma Munuswamy MudaliarActivist and Martyr. Died as a result of her participation in the South African…
- Anna TempoTempo started off working by looking after Henrietta Schreiner’s nephews. She soon…
- Adelaide Frances TamboNurse, chairperson of the George Goch branch of the ANCYL, founder member of the Afro…
- Helen SuzmanParliamentarian, Human Rights Activist, sole representative of opposition party (the…
- Irma SternArtist
- Charlene SmithA mother, rape survivor, journalist/writer who became well-known, at the age of 17 when…
- Lindiwe Nonceba SisuluANC Political Activist
- Dr Ansuyah Ratipul SinghMedical doctor, community activist and author.
- Margaret SinganaMusician
- Annie SilingaMember of the ANC, member of the executive committee of the Federation of South African…
- Stella Margaret Nomzamo SigcauMember of the African National Congress Youth League, member of the Transkei Legislative…
- Dorothy ShanleyArrested and detained for political activities
- Dulcie Evonne SeptemberANC member, anti-apartheid activist, and political prisoner who went into exile in London…
- Johanna (Joey) Hendrina ScheepersShopsteward, Secretary and Organizer of the central branch of the GWU of South Africa
- Magdalena Gertruide SauerArchitect
- Florence Barbara RibeiroCommunity worker.
- Dolly RathebeSinger
- Betty RadfordEditor of the Guardian newspaper, she was elected to the Cape Town City Council in 1943.
- Mary Agard PocockPresident of the Grahamstown branch of the South African Association of University Women
- Grace Naledi Mandisa PandorEducationist, lecturer, Deputy Chief Whip of the ANC and former Minister of Education.
- Josie PalmerAnti-apartheid activist, women’s rights activist, labour activist, member of the CPSA and…
- Dorothy Nomzansi NyembeShe joined the African National Congress (ANC) in 1952, and in 1954 participated in the…
- NongqawuseHistory is not kind to Nongqawuse. What we know of her is mainly related to the Cattle…
- Tu NokweMusician
- Jeanie NoelJeanie Noel was born in Durban as one of twelve children, however her family was…
- Zamazulu Thembekile NkosiFirst Black matron for the Natal Provincial Administration
- Lauretta NgcoboFeminist writer and activist
- Maria NdlovuMaria Ndlovu is a mother of two, a rape survivor, a PWA (person living with AIDS) and a…
- Jeannette NdhlovuMember of the ANC and MK. She was responsible for recruiting and transporting students to…
- Sister Bernard NcubeMember of the Companions Catholic Order, helped form local women’s organisations in the…
- Dr Hersheela NarseeActivist, Teacher, Director: Research coordination, Monitoring and Evaluation at…
- Shanthivathie (Shanthie) NaidooPolitical activist, banned person, political prisoner,, exiled person, member of the…
- Phyllis NaidooTeacher, lawyer, university lecturer, author, member of the NEUM, NIC, SACP, ANC and MK,…
- Victoria Nonyamezelo MxengeNurse, midwife, lawyer and member of the UDF and NOW
- Elizabeth Maria MoltenoA suffragette and civil rights activist of the Cape Colony.
- Rahima MoosaShop steward for the Cape Town Food and Canning Workers’ Union, member of the Transvaal…
- Molly WoltonMember of the Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA)
- Geraldine Fraser-MoleketiAn active trade unionist and member of Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK), she received military…
- Martha MohlakoaneANC member and a leader of Orange Free State women in the anti-pass campaign
- Flora MoganoFlora is a mother, grandmother, church elder, foster mother to 9 AIDS orphans, and…
- Connie MofokengMember of the Soweto Student Representative Council (SSRC), founder member and Secretary…
- Thandi ModiseMinister of Defence and Military veterans, Former anti-apartheid guerilla, Chairperson of…
- Margaret Mncadifirst president of the ANC’s Women’s League in KwaZulu-Natal