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The
African National Congress Women's League
is the
women's wing
of the
African National Congress
(ANC). It was founded in 1931 as the Bantu Women's League, with
Charlotte Maxeke
as its first president. It was integrated into the ANC during the period from 1943, when women were first admitted as members of the ANC, to 1948, when the ANCWL was officially founded. It participated with the
Federation of South African Women
in protests against the apartheid-era government, such as the 1952
Defiance Campaign
and the
passbook protests
of 9 August 1956. In 1956,
Lilian Ngoyi
became the first elected female member of the
ANC National Executive Committee
.
Among the activists and politicians who were allied with the ANC during the apartheid years are:
Lilian Ngoyi
Helen Joseph
Dorothy Nyembe
Sophie du Bruyn
Ray Alexander and Rayn Alexander
Frances Baard
Rahima Moosa
Winnie Madikizela-Mandela
In 1994, a revived African National Congress Women's League negotiated a number of constitutional provisions and policy stands favorable to women; however, some of these have not yet been implemented.
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