Education · Women’s Rights · Politics · Social Reform
Charlotte Manye Maxeke
1874 – 1939
Maxeke became one of South Africa’s first Black women graduates, earning a B.Sc. from Wilberforce University, and later founded the Bantu Women’s League, organising against discriminatory pass laws affecting Black women.
•One of South Africa’s first Black women graduates
•Founded the Bantu Women’s League and organised against pass laws
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