Patricia Jobodwana

 Patricia  Jobodwana

Names: Jobodwana, Patricia

In summary: Youngest Black women to graduate from a South African university

 

Jobodwana was the first and youngest Black woman to graduate from a South African university. She enrolled at Fort Hare University at the age of 14 for a BSc in medicine in 1955.

References

  • ‘Celebrating Women’, South African History Project, Department of Education, 9 Augst 2002, p. 2