Women's March to the Union Buildings
GPTKB entity
Statements (20)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| gptkbp:instanceOf |
protest
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| gptkbp:commemoratedBy |
National Women's Day
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| gptkbp:country |
gptkb:South_Africa
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| gptkbp:date |
9 August 1956
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| gptkbp:deliveredPetitionTo |
Prime Minister J.G. Strijdom
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| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Women's March to the Union Buildings
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| gptkbp:location |
gptkb:Union_Buildings,_Pretoria,_South_Africa
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| gptkbp:notableParticipant |
gptkb:Rahima_Moosa
gptkb:Helen_Joseph gptkb:Lilian_Ngoyi gptkb:Sophia_Williams-De_Bruyn |
| gptkbp:opposedBy |
apartheid
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| gptkbp:organizedBy |
gptkb:Federation_of_South_African_Women
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| gptkbp:participants |
over 20,000 women
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| gptkbp:purpose |
protest against pass laws
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| gptkbp:resultedIn |
National Women's Day (South Africa)
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| gptkbp:significance |
major event in South African women's history
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| gptkbp:slogan |
"You strike a woman, you strike a rock"
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| gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:Women's_March_1956
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| gptkbp:bfsLayer |
7
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