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The Black Sash was founded on 19 May 1955 by six middle-class white women, Jean Sinclair, Ruth Foley, Elizabeth McLaren, Tertia Pybus, Jean Bosazza and Helen Newton-Thompson. [1] The organisation was founded as the Women’s Defence of the Constitution League but was eventually shortened by the press as the Black Sash due to the women's habit ...
Sheena Duncan (7 December 1932 – 4 May 2010) was a South African anti-Apartheid activist and counselor. Duncan was the daughter of Jean Sinclair, one of the co-founders of the Black Sash, a group of white, middle-class South African women who offered support to black South Africans and advocated the non-violent abolishment of the Apartheid system.
First Nigerian born Chief Nursing Officer in Nigeria. Chief Kofoworola Abeni Pratt Hon. FRCN ( née Scott, 1915 – 18 June 1992) was a Nigerian nurse who was one of the first notable black nurses to work in Britain's National Health Service. [2] She subsequently became vice-president of the International Council of Nurses and the first black ...
Occupation. political activist. Spouse. Geoffrey Burton. Children. four sons. Parent (s) Molly and Peter Ingouville. Maria Macdiarmid "Mary" Burton (born 19 January 1940, Buenos Aires, Argentina) is a South African activist, former president of the Black Sash and was a commissioner on the Truth and Reconciliation Commission .
Jeff Suess, Cincinnati Enquirer. July 28, 2024 at 9:40 PM. One hundred years ago, DeHart Hubbard of Avondale made history as the first Black athlete to win an individual Olympic gold medal when he ...
The first convention of the National Association of Colored Graduate Nurses, Boston, 1909. In 1906, Connecticut nurse Martha Minerva Franklin surveyed African American nurses to see what challenges they faced as a group. [1] Franklin determined that the prestigious American Nurses Association was technically open to African American members ...
The Nursing and Midwifery Council of Nigeria (abbr. NMCN ), is the sole governing body that regulates all cadres of nurses and midwives in Nigeria. [1] [2] It was established by government decree in 1979, and re-established as a parastatal by the government of Nigeria by Act Cap. No 143 Laws of the Federation of Nigeria, 2004.
Occupation (s) anti-apartheid activist, political activist, civil rights campaigner and politician. Known for. Black Sash. Political party. Progressive Federal Party. Relatives. Judy Chalmers (sister) Molly Bellhouse Blackburn OLS (12 November 1930 – 28 December 1985) was a South African anti-apartheid activist, political activist, civil ...