| 词条 | Bertha Gxowa |
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Bertha Gxowa (née Mashaba November 26, 1934 - November 19, 2010) was an anti-apartheid and women's rights activist and trade unionist in South Africa. BiographyGxowa was born in Germiston.[1] She first started working as an office assistant in the South African Clothing Workers' Union.[1] Gxowa became involved in the African National Congress's (ANC) Youth League and the Women's League at a young age.[2] She first signed up with ANC during the anti-Bantu education campaign.[3] Gxowa took part in the Defiance Campaign in 1952.[2] Gxowa was one of the founding members of the Federation of South African Women.[3] She also was one of the organizers for the Women's March on the Union Building in 1956 which protested pass laws.[2] Gxowa, along with Helen Joseph, traveled across South Africa to collect signatures on 20,000 petitions which were presented at the march.[3] She was eventually accused of treason in 1956 in the Treason Trial and remained on trial until 1959.[2] She was banned under the Suppression of Communism Act in 1960.[1] In 1994, she began to serve in Parliament as an ANC member.[2] She was a member of the Home Affairs and Health Parliamentary Portfolio Committees in Parliament until 2004.[1] Gxowa died in a hospital in Johannesburg on November 19, 2010.[2] A hospital in Gauteng Province is named after her.[4] She had five children and was married to Cecil Mntukanti Gxowa, who had died before her.[1] Her grave site has been dedicated as a provincial heritage site.[5] See also
References1. ^1 2 3 4 {{Cite news|url=http://www.sanews.gov.za/features/anc-veteran-bertha-gxowa-dies|title=ANC Veteran, Bertha Gxowa, Dies|last=|first=|date=19 November 2010|work=SA News|access-date=4 September 2016|via=|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160923114710/http://www.sanews.gov.za/features/anc-veteran-bertha-gxowa-dies|archive-date=2016-09-23|dead-url=yes|df=}} 2. ^1 2 3 4 5 {{Cite news|url=https://www.nelsonmandela.org/news/entry/passing-of-bertha-gxowa|title=Passing of Bertha Gxowa|last=|first=|date=19 November 2010|work=Nelson Mandela.org|access-date=4 September 2016|via=}} 3. ^1 2 {{Cite web|url=http://www.sahistory.org.za/people/bertha-gxowa-mashaba|title=Bertha Gxowa (Mashaba)|last=|first=|date=17 February 2011|website=South African History Online|publisher=|access-date=4 September 2016}} 4. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.health.gpg.gov.za/hospitals/pages/Bertha-Gxowa-Hospital.aspx|title=Bertha Gxowa Hospital|last=|first=|date=|website=Gauteng Province|publisher=Republic of South Africa|access-date=4 September 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160910085607/http://www.health.gpg.gov.za/hospitals/Pages/Bertha-Gxowa-Hospital.aspx|archive-date=2016-09-10|dead-url=yes|df=}} 5. ^{{Cite news|url=http://germistoncitynews.co.za/75221/bertha-gxowas-grave-site-declared-a-provincial-heritage-site/|title=Bertha Gxowa's Grave Site Declared a Provincial Heritage Site|last=|first=|date=8 December 2014|work=Germiston City News|access-date=4 September 2016|via=}} External links
8 : 1934 births|2010 deaths|People from Germiston|Anti-apartheid activists|South African women's rights activists|Trade unionists|South African politicians|Women trade unionists |
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