Madie Hall Xuma

Madie Hall Xuma who lived between the years (1894–1982) was a prominent African American activist in South Africa during the twentieth century

also well known as, An African American 'Mother of nation [1]. With remarkable passion in Activism by fighting for the rights of women.

Early years

Born in 1894 Madie Beatrice Hall[2] in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, Xuma was the daughter of H. H. Hall, the first black doctor in the city, and his wife Ginny Cowan Hall.[3] She was studying for a master's degree in education at Columbia University when she met the widowed Alfred Bitini Xuma, visiting the United States at the time; she went on to study social work at Atlanta University.[4] She and Xuma married in Cape Town in 1940, and she went on to play an important role in the development of women's organizations in South Africa. She was the first president of the African National Congress Women's League, serving from 1943 to 1948, and assisted in the foundation of the Zenzele self-help movement clubs for women's enrichment, whose design she took from American clubs for black women. Furthermore, she was the fund raiser for the African National Congress.https://www.sahistory.org.za/people/madie-hall-xuma[5] She was also involved with the Young Women's Christian Association. In 1963, following her husband's death, she returned to Winston-Salem, living quietly apart from an around-the-world trip in 1966 and remaining active with local women's clubs.[6] The Zenzele administration building bears her name to honor her outstanding achievement in the organisation.[3]

Career Milestones
  • NC, primary school teacher, 1930s;
  • YWCA, NC and VA, executive secretary; NC,
  • Adult education class supervisor, 1930s;
  • Founder, NC, state federation of garden clubs,; playwright, 1943;
  • African National Congress Women's League, South Africa, president, 1943–48;
  • Zenzele (women's social) clubs, South Africa, leader/founder, 1940s;
  • Zenzele/Young Women's Christian Association groups, general advisor, 1950s
  • African Young Women's Christian Association,; national council president, 1955. https://www.encyclopedia.com/education/news-wires-white-papers-and-books/xuma-madie-hall

Achievements

1. Head of the African National Congress Women's League

2. Fund raiser for the ANC, founder of the popular Zenzele self-help movement

3.President of the national council of the South African Young Women's Christian Association [7]

References
  1. https://www.jstor.org/stable/823315?seq=1Berger,+Iris+(2001).+%22An+African+American+'Mother+of+the+Nation':+Madie+Hall+Xuma+in+South+Africa,+1940-1963%22.+Journal+of+Southern+African+Studies.+27+(3):+547–566.+doi:10.1080/13632430120074581.+ISSN 0305-7070.+JSTOR 823315.
  2. "Xuma, Madie Hall – Oxford Reference". 2008. doi:10.1093/acref/9780195148909.001.0001. ISBN 9780195148909. Retrieved 20 October 2017. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  3. Emily Herring Wilson (September 1992). Hope and Dignity: Older Black Women of the South. Temple University Press. pp. 143–. ISBN 978-1-56639-017-0.
  4. Anonymous (17 February 2011). "Madie Hall-Xuma". Retrieved 20 October 2017.
  5. "Madie Hall-Xuma | South African History Online". www.sahistory.org.za. Retrieved 2019-12-29.
  6. Kathleen E. Sheldon (2005). Historical Dictionary of Women in Sub-Saharan Africa. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-5331-7.
  7. "Madie Hall-Xuma | South African History Online". www.sahistory.org.za. Retrieved 2019-12-29.


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