First coloured woman to ever vote, Cape Town

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Title: First coloured woman to ever vote, Cape Town
Creator: Cape Argus Photographer
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Apartheid, Gender, Politics
Description: First coloured woman ever to vote in South Africa is Mrs W. Simpson of Crawford. She rose early today to be in time for the opening of the polling station at the Lansdowne Civic Centre in the constituency of Liesbeek for the elections. Mrs Simpson is a prominent welfare worker among the Coloured community.
Publisher: University of Cape Town. Libraries
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Date: 24/09/1969
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Format: black-and-white photographs, Still image, Image/jpeg
Identifier: islandora:15991
Source: va_independent_S20B_035.jpg, S20B Coloured Representative Council
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Rights: Copyright held by Independent Newspapers. For information about acquiring a copy and/or permission to reproduce an image, please email argpix@inl.co.za