Meer, Fatima (Personal Name)

Inst. for Black Research (Durban, South Africa). Factory and family, 1984: verso t.p. (Fatima Meer)

LC data base, 11/20/85 (hdg.: Meer, Fatima)

Los Angeles times WWW site, Mar. 15, 2010 (Fatima Meer; b. 1928; d. Friday [Mar. 12, 2010], Durban, at 81; prof. of sociology, Univ. of Natal; biographer of Nelson Mandela)

Dictionary of African Biography, accessed February 24, 2015, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Meer, Fatima; anti-apartheid, human rights activist, women's rights advocate, educator, author; born 12 August 1928 in Durban, South Africa; bachelor's and master's in sociology from University of Natal; student leader in Indian Passive Resistance Campaign (1946); secretary of African National Congress (ANC) Women's League; elected to the first Federation of South African Women's (FSAW) national executive committee (1955); taught at the University of Natal (1956-1988); founder of the Institute of Black Research at the University of Natal (1972); founder and president of Black Women's Federation (BWF) (1975); died 13 March 2010 in Durban, South Africa)

Individual was an anti-apartheid activist.