Lillian ngoyi biography wikipedia

Lillian Ngoyi born was known as "the mother of the black resistance" in South Africa. She served as president of the women's league of the African National Congress. The South African government declared her a "banned person" in the mids. This meant that her movements and contacts were restricted and she could not be quoted in the press.

Ngoyi lived under the banning order for 16 years. A Bapedi from Sekhukhuneland, her father worked in a platinum mine. Educated at the Kilnerton Institution in the mids, Nogyi's dreams of becoming a teacher were dashed when she was forced to leave school in order to help support her family. She worked as a nurse in the City Mine Hospital from to In , she married John Ngoyi, a van driver.

Ngoyi worked as a domestic servant for three months in , a job which she despised. She became a nurse soon after.

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Later, during the mids to mids, she worked in a clothing factory as a machinist. There, she held a position as an official in the Garment Workers' Union Native Branch , an experience which led her to dedicate her life to humanitarian works. This organization was dedicated to ending the unequal status of black and white South Africans, known as apartheid.

She eventually attained leadership positions, among them national president and Transvaal provincial president of the Women's League. In , Ngoyi was imprisoned for playing a role in a Congress campaign against race laws. A year later, she became the only woman elected to the National Executive of the African National Congress.