Research Catalog

Details

Description

1. xiv, 375 pages : illustrations; 24 cm

Summary

1. Examines the role of women in the struggle against apartheid in South Africa.

Subject

1. Women > Political activity > South Africa > Biography
2. Women, Black > South Africa > Biography
3. Women in public life > South Africa > Biography
4. Feminists > South Africa > Biography
5. South Africa
6. apartheid
7. women
8. autobiography
9. Feminists
10. Women, Black
11. Women in public life
12. Women > Political activity
13. Politik
14. Frau
15. Women
16. Gender identity
17. Feminists
18. Women political activists > South Africa > Biography
19. South Africa
20. Südafrika

Genre/Form

1. Biography
2. Biographies
3. Biographies.

Contents

1. Sexual terrorism / Elaine Mohamed -- From Soweto to exile / Connie Mofokeng -- Six years inside / Feziwe Bookholane -- Balancing motherhood and politics / Shahieda Issel -- South Africa's internment camps / Audrey Coleman -- A leader in her own right / Winnie Mandela -- The most powerful woman in the African National Congress / Ruth Mompati -- Women and the African National Congress / Mavivi Manzini -- An Indian woman confronts apartheid / Ela Ramgobin -- Co-presidents of the United Democratic Front / Nontsikelelo Albertina Sisulu -- The end conscription campaign / Paula Hathorn -- From domestic worker to head of the Domestic Workers' Union / Florence De Villiers -- Life as a trade-union leader / Emma Mashinini.
2. Sexism in the union and at home / Lydia Kompe -- The National Federation of Women / Helen Joseph -- The Black Sash : white women confront apartheid / Di Bishop -- Feminism and the anti-rape movement / Anne Mayne -- The United Women's Congress / Gertrude Fester -- Feminist pavement politics / Rozena Maart -- A refugee from Inkatha / Sethembile N. -- An Afrikaner rebels / Hettie V. -- Marriage across the color bar / Rhoda Bertelsmann-Kadalie -- A child of the struggle / Leila Issel -- Forced removals mean genocide / Sheena Duncan -- Conclusion : the ANC, international pressure, and the role of women -- Epilogue : the kick of a dying horse.

Owning institution

1. Princeton University Library

Note

1. Includes index.

Bibliography (note)

1. Bibliography: p. 358-361.