Sophie de bruyn biography of rory
Rory McIlwrick is a media star and even better when combining with nice horses.
Her service as an information and welfare officer in the Women's auxiliary air Force during the second World War, and her subsequent decision to become a social.!
Sophia Williams-De Bruyn
South African anti-Apartheid activist (born 1938)
Sophia Williams-De Bruyn | |
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Born | 1938 (age 86–87) Villageboard, Port Elizabeth |
Known for | Anti-apartheid activist |
Sophia Theresa Williams-de Bruyn (née Williams; born 1938) OMSS is a former South African anti-apartheid activist.
She was the first recipient of the Women's Award for exceptional national service. She is the last living leader of the Women's March.[1]
Early life
Sophia Theresa Williams-De Bruyn was born in Villageboard, an area that was home to people of many different nationalities.[2] She was the child of Frances Elizabeth and Henry Ernest Williams.[3] She says that her mother's compassion for others helped her develop a sense of empathy.[4]
When her father joined the army to fight in World War II, Sophia’s mother moved the family to a new housing development, specifically built for coloureds, called Schauder