Women Petition

Date: 27 January, 1914

Black women in the Free State protested when they were included in Pass leglislation previously reserved for African men only. A petition against Black women carrying passes was drawn up and by 1918, this matter was discussed with the Prime Minister, Louis Botha. This law was subsequently relaxed until the 1950s.

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Sources:

1. http://www.hsrcpress.ac.za/user_uploads/tblPDF/1967_08_Every_Step_of_the_Way~ 29112004120926PM.pdf