Dot Cleminshaw

Dorothy Cleminshaw (née Mullany; 15 September 1922 – 18 December 2011) was a South African civil rights activist and anti-apartheid activist. A member of the Liberal Party of South Africa, she was a prominent figure in the Black Sash in the Western Cape, known particularly for her research and advocacy on political detentions, abortion rights, and conscientious objection.

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"Mary Burton described Cleminshaw as “a really strong and determined woman” despite being physically frail in her later years"

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"One of her most important achievements was to lobby for a change to the laws on abortion,” said Burton."

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"She was very alive and very alert to injustice and her concerns were for a better world;Former Cape Town mayor Gordon Oliver said"

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"Bishop David Russell, who worked closely with Cleminshaw in the Christian Institute, said;She never gave up, she was indefatigable. The people who knew her were tremendously impressed by her courage"

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