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| − | [[Mary Waters]] was a teacher, school principal mentor, poet and playwright. | + | #REDIRECT[[Mary W. Waters]] |
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| − | Also found as '''[[M.W. Waters]]'''.
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| − | ==Biography==
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| − | 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.
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| − | 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.
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| − | ==Contribution to South African theatre==
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| − | Her plays include
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| − | ==Sources==
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| − | Peter Kallaway. 2018. History in popular literature and textbooks for Xhosa schools, 1850-1950s. In: ''[[Yesterday and Today]]'' No 20[http://www.scielo.org.za/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S2223-03862018000200009&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en]
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