Mabel Malherbe

Mabel Malherbe (1879-1964) was a South African magazine founder, politician, and writer.[1]

She was a descendant of George Rex, and attended the Rustenburg Girls' High School.[2]

In 1919 she founded the first Afrikaans women's magazine, which was called Die Boerevrou.[1]

In 1931 she was the first woman elected as mayor of a city in South Africa (specifically, Pretoria).[1][3] In 1934 she became the second woman in South Africa's parliament.[3] She was also the first Afrikaans-speaking woman in South Africa elected to parliament.[1] She was in the parliament representing Wonderboom until 1938.[1]

In 1931 she also wrote the piece "Die Afrikaner-Vrou" for the book Ons land en volk.[1]

In 1953 she was awarded an honorary doctorate in literature from the University of Pretoria.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Women Marching Into the 21st Century: Wathint' Abafazi, Wathint' Imbokodo. HSRC Press. 2000. pp. 254–255. ISBN 978-0-7969-1966-3.
  2. ↑ Standard Encyclopaedia of Southern Africa, Capetown, Volume 7, page 154, 1972
  3. 1 2 Carolyn Fluehr-Lobban; Janet Mancini Billson (4 July 2013). Female Well-Being: Toward a Global Theory of Social Change. Zed Books Ltd. pp. 201–. ISBN 978-1-84813-667-0.
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