Identity area
Type of entity
Person
Authorized form of name
First, Ruth
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Other form(s) of name
- Slovo, Ruth (née First)
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Description area
Dates of existence
1925–1982
History
Academic, journalist and anti-apartheid and women’s rights activist. Married Joe Slovo, 1949. Met Mandela while attending the University of the Witwatersrand. Arrested, charged and then acquitted in the Treason Trial. Fled to Swaziland with her children during the 1960 State of Emergency. Detained in solitary confinement for ninety days in 1963 and fled to the UK on her release. Lived in exile in Mozambique from 1977 and was killed by a parcel bomb there on 17 August 1982.
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Relationships area
Related entity
First, Matilda ()
Identifier of related entity
ZA-COM-00242
Category of relationship
family
Type of relationship
First, Matilda is the child of First, Ruth
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Related entity
First, Julius
Identifier of related entity
ZA-COM-00243
Category of relationship
family
Type of relationship
First, Julius is the parent of First, Ruth
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Description of relationship
Daughter of Julias and Matilda
Related entity
First, Ronald Martin
Identifier of related entity
ZA-COM-00256
Category of relationship
family
Type of relationship
First, Ronald Martin is the sibling of First, Ruth
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Related entity
Slovo, Joe (1926–1995)
Identifier of related entity
ZA-COM-00146
Category of relationship
family
Type of relationship
Slovo, Joe is the spouse of First, Ruth
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Control area
Authority record identifier
ZA-COM-00280
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Draft