Frances Baard Quotes

1909–1997 South Africa

Frances Goitsemang Baard OMSS OLG (1 October 1909 – 1997) was a South African (ethnic Tswana) trade unionist, organiser for the African National Congress Women's League and a Patron of the United Democratic Front, who was commemorated in the renaming of the Diamantveld District Municipality (Kimberley) as the Frances Baard District Municipality. Schoeman Street in Pretoria was also renamed in her honour.

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My spirit is not banned — I still say I want freedom in my lifetime.

1959 was declared Anti-Pass Year by the ANC in honour of the women because we fought so bravely against the passes

I don't know what you mean by "tired". I can't give up because the spirit is still there. I can't help it, even if I wanted to give up. Although I can't do everything physically, the spirit still wants what I have always wanted.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Frances Baard (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.