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Evelyn Mase

1922 - 2004

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Evelyn Ntoko Mase (18 May 1922 – 30 April 2004), later named Evelyn Rakeepile, was the first wife of the South African anti-apartheid activist and the future president Nelson Mandela, to whom she was married from 1944 to 1958. Mase was a nurse by profession. Born in Engcobo, Transkei, Mase was orphaned as a child. She moved to Johannesburg to train as a nurse, and there met and married Mandela. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Evelyn Mase is the 422nd most popular social activist (down from 397th in 2019), the 94th most popular biography from South Africa (down from 73rd in 2019) and the 4th most popular South African Social Activist.

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Evelyn Mase ranks 422 out of 840. Before her are Grace Sherwood, Alfreda Markowska, Romas Kalanta, Frances Ames, Mahmoud Taleghani, and Marina Oswald Porter. After her are Huey P. Newton, Mahadev Govind Ranade, Aruna Asaf Ali, Gulnara Karimova, Claudette Colvin, and Leo Deutsch.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1922, Evelyn Mase ranks 251. Before her are Lyndon LaRouche, Karl-Erik Nilsson, Pino Cerami, Michel Auclair, Donald Keene, and Lorenzo Antonetti. After her are Otmar Suitner, Agustín Gaínza, Xenia Stad-de Jong, Tomás Maldonado, Karl Aage Præst, and Simon Hantaï. Among people deceased in 2004, Evelyn Mase ranks 176. Before her are Gennadi Strekalov, Ryszard Kukliński, Torsten Hägerstrand, Christer Pettersson, Albert Brülls, and John Randolph. After her are Angus Ogilvy, Mildred McDaniel, Alexander Ragulin, Ancel Keys, Bror Mellberg, and Delfín Benítez Cáceres.

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In South Africa

Among people born in South Africa, Evelyn Mase ranks 94 out of 454. Before her are J. B. M. Hertzog (1866), Athol Fugard (1932), Chris Heunis (1927), Trevor Jones (1949), Janet Suzman (1939), and Frances Ames (1920). After her are Lawrence Stevens (1913), John Cranko (1927), Piet Retief (1780), Koos de la Rey (1847), Julius Malema (1981), and Bruce Grobbelaar (1957).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In South Africa

Among social activists born in South Africa, Evelyn Mase ranks 4. Before her are Nelson Mandela (1918), Steve Biko (1946), and Frances Ames (1920). After her are Ted Grant (1913), Bram Fischer (1908), Devdas Gandhi (1900), Ramdas Gandhi (1897), Denis Goldberg (1933), Albertina Sisulu (1918), Beyers Naudé (1915), and Lillian Ngoyi (1911).

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