Women · By cause
A collection · 8 women · 1 country

African women who fought for anti-apartheid resistance

8 women in the archive worked for anti-apartheid resistance. They came from different countries and different centuries, but each of them saw a wrong that others accepted and set out to change it.

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Three women to meet first

Portrait of Lilian Ngoyi, South Africa
Colonial · South Africa · 1911–1980Lilian NgoyiAnti-apartheid leader who became the first woman elected to the ANC executive. Led the 1956 Women's March against pass…
Portrait of Baleka Mbete, South AfricaModern
Baleka MbeteSouth Africa · 1949–present
Portrait of Dulcie September, South AfricaColonial
Dulcie SeptemberSouth Africa · 1935–1988
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Portrait of Baleka Mbete
Baleka Mbete South Africa · 1949–present
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Portrait of Dulcie September
Dulcie September South Africa · 1935–1988
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Portrait of Ellen Kuzwayo
Ellen Kuzwayo South Africa · 1914–2006
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Portrait of Helen Suzman
Helen Suzman South Africa · 1917–2009
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Portrait of Lilian Ngoyi
Lilian Ngoyi South Africa · 1911–1980
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Portrait of Miriam Tlali
Miriam Tlali South Africa · 1933–2017
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Portrait of Nadine Gordimer
Nadine Gordimer South Africa · 1923–2014
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Portrait of Ruth First
Ruth First South Africa · 1925–1982
Other causes
Women's rights48 women Education32 women Women's leadership31 women Human rights19 women Political leadership17 women Sovereignty & independence17 women Political rights15 women Anti-colonial activism14 women