Federation of South African Women
The Federation of South African Women (FEDSAW) was a political lobby group formed in 1954. At FEDSAW's inaugural conference, a Women's Charter was adopted. Its founding was spear-headed by Lillian Ngoyi.
FEDSAW members in anti-Apartheid meeting
National Women's Day protest at the National University of Lesotho, where women protested violence against women.
Sharpeville Massacre row of graves: 69 people were killed by police on March 21st, 1960, during an anti-pass protest at the Sharpeville Police Station.
Photograph of young Lilian Ngoyi.
Lilian Masediba Matabane Ngoyi, "Mma Ngoyi", OMSG 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.
Lillian Ngoyi
Grave of Lilian Ngoyi in the Avalon Cemetery