Profiles in Diversity : Women in the New South Africa.

Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- Part I: Things Have Changed -- Part II: The Afrikaners -- "The Covenant is written out of the history books" -- "I was brought up to think like an Afrikaner" -- "We must try and compliment one another" -- Part III: The So-Called Coloureds -- "Just for one day I would like to say 'we have got you now"' -- "The role of the civic associations is not to be discounted" -- Part IV: The Jewish Women -- "Do you belong to a union?" -- "I never treat anyone with discourtesy" -- "Dear Colleague, please come to a meeting" -- Part V: The African Women -- "At home we were very poor" -- "That is the section for blacks" -- "I am going to be something one day" -- "I never knew … I would be bullied by an eight-year-old" -- "The future of South Africa is more than political parties" -- "I am a sort of inspiration to the kids" -- "1976 was bad for me" -- "So I lost three sons in the struggle" -- "I don't want to get married again" and "He will take care of me forever" -- "My family convinced me to go into nursing" -- "Something to hold on to" -- Part VI: The English-Speaking White Women -- "I believe we need a whole new New Deal" -- "Feminism is still a discredited word" -- "I went out and I was never allowed back" -- "I am going to get trained" -- "I am a third-generation South African" -- Part VII: The Indian Women -- "How are we going to fight this government?" -- "I always said I was going to be a lawyer" -- Afterword -- Bibliography -- Index.

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