The ANC Women's League
Subtitle: sex, gender and politics
By: Shireen Hassim
Series: Jacana pocket series
Publisher: Jacana Media
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Auckland Park, South Africa
Language: eng
Number of pages: 159
ISBN-13: 9781431408832
Subjects: Feminism; Women; Political activity; Women and democracy; African National Congress. Women's League; African National Congress
Description: "First formed in the early 20th century, the ANC Women's League grew from a modest grouping of women into an organisation occupying a leading position in the women's movement in South Africa....But, as this deeply insightful book shows, the history of the league is a more complicated affair: it was neither the only women's organisation in the political field nor was it an easy ally for South African feminism." -- Back cover.
Notes: "A Jacana pocket history."

Includes bibliographical references (pages 153-156) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Beginnings; title: The idea of a nonracial national women's movement; title: Exile; title: The impact of armed struggle; title: Feminism in the ANC; title: The homecoming; title: Handmaidens of the party; title: Feminists versus the league; title: Where to?; title: Bibliographic note; title: Index.