M.M. Jansen
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Martha Mabel Jansen (18*-19*.) Playwright and cultural activist.
Wife of the later Governor General of South Africa, E.G. Jansen, she wrote the popular play Afrikaner Harte (circa 1918) and was a founder member of the Saamwerk-Unie ("Co-operation Union") in Natal, a cultural Organisation fighting for the rights of Afrikaans and Afrikaners in the province. Also a leading member of the Pietermaritzburg Debats- en Letterkundige Vereniging.
Sources
(See Du Toit, 1988, Binge 19**) [TH, JH]
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