14 Facts About AnnMarie Wolpe

AnnMarie Wolpe was a South African anti-apartheid activist, sociologist and feminist.

AnnMarie Wolpe's husband Harold Wolpe was a South African anti-apartheid activist who was imprisoned along with Nelson Mandela.

AnnMarie Wolpe fled South Africa after being arrested and interrogated.

AnnMarie Wolpe wrote of her ordeal and she was among the initial editorial collective of Feminist Review when it was founded in 1979.

AnnMarie Wolpe's brother was James Kantor, arrested but acquitted in the Rivonia Trial.

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AnnMarie Wolpe worked for the Transvaal clothing industry medical aid society, and later ran a bursary fund for African students.

Harold AnnMarie Wolpe was arrested in July 1963 along with Nelson Mandela and other ANC activists.

AnnMarie Wolpe later wrote a book, The Long Way Home, describing this part of her life.

AnnMarie Wolpe worked initially in the University of Bradford's Yugoslav studies unit.

AnnMarie Wolpe then moved to the future Middlesex University and established its Women's Studies programme, gaining a Ph.

AnnMarie Wolpe was one of the initial editorial collective for the Feminist Review, and co-edited a work Feminism and Materialism with Annette Kuhn.

AnnMarie Wolpe worked at University of the Western Cape, initially in its Centre for Adult and Continuing Education and then in the Education Policy Unit until she retired in 1998.

AnnMarie Wolpe then led a Gender Equity Task Team for the Ministry of Education and set up the Gender Equity Directorate in the Department of Education.

AnnMarie Wolpe died in her sleep on 14 February 2018, aged 87, and was survived by three children and six grandchildren.