Ngoyi, Lilian, 1911-1980

LC control no.	n 97078205
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	Ngoyi, Lilian, 1911-1980 *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	Matabane, Lilian Masediba, 1911-1980
Biography/History note	Individual was an antiapartheid activist.
Associated country	South Africa
Birth date	19110925
Death date	19800312
Place of birth	Pretoria (South Africa)
Place of death	Soweto (South Africa)
Field of activity	Feminism Anti-apartheid movements
Affiliation	Garment Workers Union (South Africa) African National Congress. Women's League Federation of South African Women African National Congress. National Executive Committee Pedi (African people)
Profession or occupation	Clothing workers Executives
Found in	Lilian Ngoyi, 1996: t.p. (Lilian Ngoyi) p. 1, etc. (Lilian Masediba Matabane ; b. 09-25-1911; d. 03-12-80) Dictionary of African Biography, accessed March 6, 2015, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Ngoyi, Lilian Masediba; Lilian Masediba Matabane; Ma Ngoyi; women's rights advocate, antiapartheid activist, civic leader; born 24 September, 1911 in Pretoria, South Africa; ethno group Bapedi; attended teachers' training course at the Kilnerton Training Institution; worked as machinist at clothing factory (1945-1956); organizer and member of the executive committee of Garment Workers Union; president of the African National Congress (ANC) Women's League; vice president (1954) and president (1956) of the Federation of South African Women (FEDSAW); delegate at Women's International Democratic Federation (Lausanne, Switzerland) (1955); toured Russia, China, Eastern bloc countries; member of the Transvaal ANC Executive Committee (1955); led historic march against the imposition of passes on women (9 August 1956); first woman elected to ANC National Executive Committee (1956); detained for five months in harsh conditions (1960); was under banning orders at small Soweto home (1961-1970s); was given ANC award theIsitwalandwe, for outstanding contribution and sacrifice to the South African liberation (1982); died 13 March, 1980 in Soweto, South Africa)