| LC control no. | n 85196007 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Meer, Fatima |
| Biography/History note | Individual was an anti-apartheid activist. |
| Associated country | South Africa |
| Birth date | 1928-08-12 |
| Death date | 2010-03-13 |
| Place of birth | Durban (South Africa) |
| Place of death | Durban (South Africa) |
| Affiliation | University of Natal African National Congress. Women's League Federation of South African Women Black Women Federation (Organization) |
| Profession or occupation | Human rights workers Authors Educators |
| Found in | Inst. for Black Research (Durban, South Africa). Factory and family, 1984: verso t.p. (Fatima Meer) LC data base, 11/20/85 (hdg.: Meer, Fatima) Los Angeles times WWW site, Mar. 15, 2010 (Fatima Meer; b. 1928; d. Friday [Mar. 12, 2010], Durban, at 81; prof. of sociology, Univ. of Natal; biographer of Nelson Mandela) Dictionary of African Biography, accessed February 24, 2015, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Meer, Fatima; anti-apartheid, human rights activist, women's rights advocate, educator, author; born 12 August 1928 in Durban, South Africa; bachelor's and master's in sociology from University of Natal; student leader in Indian Passive Resistance Campaign (1946); secretary of African National Congress (ANC) Women's League; elected to the first Federation of South African Women's (FSAW) national executive committee (1955); taught at the University of Natal (1956-1988); founder of the Institute of Black Research at the University of Natal (1972); founder and president of Black Women's Federation (BWF) (1975); died 13 March 2010 in Durban, South Africa) |
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