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Lillian Ngoyi
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Lilian Masediba Matabane Ngoyi, "Ma Ngoyi", OMSG (25 September 1911 – 13 March 1980) was a South African anti-apartheid activist.She was the first woman elected to the executive committee of the African National Congress, and helped launch the Federation of South African Women.
Quotes
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lillian_Ngoyi
We feel small to say thanks all the time.
by Martha Evans, 08 August 2022, Retrieved 11 November 2023
Let us be brave: we have heard of men shaking in their trousers, but who ever heard of a woman shaking in her skirt?
My mother firmly believed our tears shall be wiped away in the next world. I believed we should start enjoying life here.
by Nicholas Grant 17 October 2010, Retrieved 11 November 2023
We feel small to say thanks all the time
Lilian Ngoyi: an heroic South African woman whose story hasn’t been fully told,Published: August 8, 2022, by Martha Evans, University of Cape Town
Quotes about Lillian
She can toss an audience on her little finger, get men grunting with shame and a feeling of smallness;Ezekiel Mphahlele
She spoke the language of the worker, and she was herself an ordinary factory worker. When she said what she stood for, she evoked emotions no other person could evoke;Winnie Madikizela-Mandela
Lilian Ngoyi: an heroic South African woman whose story hasn’t been fully told,Published: August 8, 2022, by Martha Evans, University of Cape Town
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Category:1911 births
Category:1980 deaths
Category:Anti-apartheid activists
Category:Women activists from South Africa
Category:Women politicians in South Africa
Category:Women born in the 1910s