Margaret Ballinger
Margaret Ballinger | |
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Born | Violet Margaret Livingstone Hodgson 1894 |
Died | 1980 (aged 85–86) |
Education | Somerville College, Oxford |
Known for | Politician |
Spouse | William Ballinger |
Margaret Ballinger (née Hodgson; 1894–1980) was the first President of the
Biography
Margaret Hodgson was born in
She taught history when she returned to South Africa at
She represented the people of the
When the
In 1960 she left Parliament when the South African government abolished the Parliamentary seats representing Africans. She was given a bronze award in 1961 by the British Royal African Society for her services to Africa. Her citation mentioned the links she had established between African and European women and for the home for sick children she established.[2]
She left the party before it was wound up by its own membership in 1968. At that time it became illegal for a political party to have members from more than one race. The party preferred to die rather than choose.
Works
- From Union to Apartheid - A Trek to Isolation, 1969
Legacy
The home for sick children which she had established was closed down during the apartheid era, but it has taken new shapes. Ballinger had started three schools in Soweto without official permission, the first is named in her honour.[5]
References
- ^ a b c South Africa:Queen of the Blacks, Time Magazine, 3 July 1944, accessed March 2010
- ^ a b African Affairs, p.420, accessed March 2010
- ^ a b c Margaret Ballinger Archived 15 October 2009 at the Wayback Machine, SAHistory.org.za, accessed March 2010
- ^ Journal of South African Studies, p836, accessed March 2010
- ^ Margaret Ballinger pre-school[permanent dead link], asha.org.za, accessed March 2010