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Mary Waters was a teacher, school principal mentor, poet and playwright.
Also found as M.W. Waters.
Biography
Considered a fierce, eccentric and formidable woman, with a strong interest in the history of the region, she was the founding principal of the first junior secondary school in the Albany Road area, a facility created by Rhodes University Education Department as Rhodes Practicing School and intended to provide workplace experience for both lecturers and students. It became a high school in 1963 and was later named Mary Waters High School in her honour.
Besides poetry and drama, she also wrote a number of books for school use, such as the series Stories from History for Bantu Children (used for Standards I & II; III & IV; V & VI), published by Juta in the 1940s.
Contribution to South African theatre
Her plays include Nonqause
Sources
Peter Kallaway. 2018. History in popular literature and textbooks for Xhosa schools, 1850-1950s. In: Yesterday and Today No 20[1]
