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  1. 1917- . South African politician and
  2. human-rights activist. A university lecturer
  3. concerned about the inhumanity of the
  4. apartheid system, she joined the white
  5. opposition to the ruling National Party and
  6. became a strong advocate of racial equality,
  7. respected by black communities inside and
  8. outside South Africa. In 1978 she received
  9. the United Nations Human Rights Award. She
  10. retired from active politics in 1989.
  11.