Mabel Dove Danquah the first female member of the legislative Assembly in 1954 in Gold Coast.
Ama Nkrumah is our next s’hero’ and a strong pillar when it comes to matters of Ghana’s independence struggle. Ama is no way related to Osagyefo Doctor Kwame Nkrumah, in fact, her real name is unknown but she adopted this name during the colonial era.
Zainunnisa ‘Cissie’ Gool founds the
National Liberation League in 1936. She represents District Six in 1938 on the Cape Town City Council, the first coloured woman in on this all-white council, retaining the position until 1951. She is also elected president of the Non-European United Front (NEUF) in 1940. She features prominently in Cape Town’s political landscape for most of her life.
Fatima Meer in 1949 establishes the Durban Districts Women’s League, 1954 founder and chief architect of the Federation of South African Women (FEDSAW). It unites women from the ANC,the South African Indian Congress, trade unions and self-help groups, and will be instrumental in women’s fight against the degrading pass book laws of the National Party.
Lillian Ngoyi joins the ANC in 1952 and is arrested in the same year for her involvement in the Defiance Campaign. She is elected president of the ANCWL in 1953. Lillian becomes the first woman elected to the ANC National Executive Committee in 1956?.
Helen Suzman represents the United Party in Parliament in 1953. When the Progressive Party is formed in 1959, Helen is once again its sole representative on Parliament’s benches. Her lone crusade in a mostly male environment will earn her the respect and love of most South Africans.
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