AAA - Woman Today : A Celebration: Fifty Years of South African Women - (Excellent Paperback)

(NO MORE THAN 5 BOOKS PER ORDER OR PARCEL ALLOWED) - This book looks new and unread to me - Contributors: Hilary Reynolds, Nancy Richards.     >>>    On June 28th, 1952, the first edition of a program especially for women was broadcast on the SABC.  These were the days when the presenter would wear a hat and gloves to go down to the Union Castle mail ships to scoop her story.  These were the days when radio announcers had strong British accents and rounded vowels.  These were the days, post-World War II, when South Africa was embracing the foundations of Apartheid, and the ANC Defiance Campaign had just begun.  These were the days when the woman's voice was straining to be heard.   >>>   Charting the 50-year course of Woman's World, the highly influential South African radio program, this eclectic collection of transcribed interviews is drawn from a commemorative series of programs that follows the progress of women in South Africa.  Featured are the most prominent women in South African history talking about everything from public leadership to cooking recipes, all in their own words and at the time when they were most important Constituting a who's who of South African woman's history, this book examines the changing gender and racial roles of one of the most socially significant nations of the 21st century.     * Africana * History & Politics *