Ruth Mompati
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Doctor Ruth Mompati | |
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| Member of Parliament, South African ambassador and mayor | |
| Typist for Nelson Mandela and Oliver Tambo | |
| In office 1953–1961 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 14 September 1925 Far Northern Cape Province |
| Died | 12 May 2015 (aged 89) |
| Party | African National Congress |
| Alma mater | Tygerkloof Teachers Training College |
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Ruth Segomotsi Mompati OMSS (14 September 1925 – 12 May 2015) was a South African politician and a founding member of the Federation of South African Women (FEDSAW) in 1954.[1] Mompati was one of the leaders of the Women's March on 9 August 1956.[2]
Ruth Segomotsi Mompati was born in the far north of the former Cape Province (today's North West Province). Mompati grew up in Ganyesa, a village in the North West province. Her parents, Mrs Seli Babe Seichoko and Mr Gaonyatse Seichoko, were church leaders in the London Missionary Society Church (LMSC), Vryburg. After completing Standard 6, she worked for a white family as a childminder and later went to Tigerkloof Teachers Training College where she obtained a Primary School Teacher's Diploma in 1944.[3][4]