Women · By cause
A collection · 7 women · 5 countries

African women who fought for women in power

7 women in the archive worked for women's political leadership. 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 Carmen Pereira, Guinea-BissauIndependence
Carmen PereiraGuinea-Bissau · 1936–2016
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Portrait of Baleka Mbete
Baleka Mbete South Africa · 1949–present
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Portrait of Carmen Pereira
Carmen Pereira Guinea-Bissau · 1936–2016
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Portrait of Elisabeth Domitien
Elisabeth Domitien Central African Republic · 1925–2005
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Portrait of Lilian Ngoyi
Lilian Ngoyi South Africa · 1911–1980
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Portrait of Madam Yoko
Madam Yoko Sierra Leone · 1849–1906
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Portrait of Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma
Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma South Africa · 1949–present
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Portrait of Sylvie Kinigi
Sylvie Kinigi Burundi · 1953–present
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