Charlotte Makgoma Manye Maxeke: her legacy lives on
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Authors
Millard-Jackson, Joan
Issue Date
2008
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Article
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en
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This article deals more with Charlotte Maxeke’s work than
with the details of her life history. Maxeke was the first
black South African woman to receive a BSc degree − this
at a time when few women were graduating from universities
and most were training to become teachers or
nurses. She told her family in Johannesburg, including her
mother’s cousin, Mangena Mokone, about the African
Methodist Episcopal Church (AMEC) in America and so
opened the way for the AMEC to commence their work in
South Africa, a work that continues to this day. Maxeke
was the first South African black woman to be appointed
as a probation officer and this opened the way for others to
do the same work. She was the founder of the Bantu
Women’s League, which is now known as the Women’s
League of the African National Congress. She was also
one of the founders and the first President of the National
Council of African Women. She worked tirelessly for the
good of the African people, particularly black women. The
many papers that she read at conferences have left us a
record of what she taught and what motivated her life.
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Peer reviewed
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Studia Historiae Ecclesiasticae, vol XXXIV, Supplement, pp 75-89
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Church History Society of South Africa
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10170499