uCecile Lynette Palmer wayeyisishoshovu samalungelo abantu nesishoshovu sobulili saseNingizimu Afrika. Lynette Palmer obesebenza eSouth African Women in Dialogue (iplatifomu yabesifazane abazimele, iSawid), ikhalela  ukudlula kwamalungelo abantu kanye nesishoshovu sobulili, odlule emhlabeni ngonyaka wakhe wama-74 (74th year, on January 25th), futhi ehlonipha ifa awashiyela impilo enikezwe amalungelo abantu nobulungiswa bezenhlalo. Ukufakazelwa kwakhe ubufakazi bokuthi umzabalazo wakhe umbone eboshwe ejele laseForton, lapho kuhlala khona iKhomishini yokuLingana ngobulili, izinyanga ezine ngonyaka we-1976, ngenkathi ikhulelwe ngayo. Indodakazi yakhe uNadine Snyman, wazalwa ngemuva kwenyanga ededelwe ngayo. Umama ka Palmer, uVester Smith, futhi wayengumakadebona wokuhamba kwabesifazane, eboshwe ejele elifanayo. Unyaka we-1976 kwabonwa ukuqothuka okukhulu kwamaphoyisa, amahora amaningi ngaphambi kokuba avalelwe, uCecilie Palmer wazithola esejele laseJohn Vorster Square ngaphambi kwewindi elivulekile. Ukuboshwa kwakhe, nezinye izithonjana zabesifazane ezaziwa ngokuthi yi-Stallenle icons ezifana noWinnie Mandela, uFatima Meer, uSibongile Kubheka noDeborah Matshoba, bebeyingxenye yejele labesifazane elibizwa nge- “Fatima's Yard”, izitini ezazinezitokisi ezihlukaniswe “noWinnie's Yard” ngodonga.