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Ruth First (1925–1982) was a South African politician, university teacher, writer, and journalist. A member of the African National Congress, she was educated at the University of the Witwatersrand and later employed by Durham University. She spoke English and authored works such as *No easy walk to freedom*, *Exposure*, *One hundred and seventeen days*, *The South African connection: Western investment in apartheid*, and *O mineiro moçambicano*.
Born in Johannesburg, she died in Maputo from a letter bomb, an act classified as homicide. She was the spouse of Joe Slovo and the mother of Gillian Slovo and Shawn Slovo. First is recognized as a martyr.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1925
- Died
- 1982
- Works
- 15
Top works
- No easy walk to freedom
- Exposure
- One hundred and seventeen days
- The South African connection: Western investment in apartheid
- O mineiro moçambicano
via Open Library + Wikidata
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Group
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1971
- Active to
- 1984
Discography
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- QIIME allows analysis of high-throughput community sequencing data
· 2010 · cited 30,945x
- AutoDock4 and AutoDockTools4: Automated docking with selective receptor flexibility
· 2009 · cited 23,178x
- Reproducible, interactive, scalable and extensible microbiome data science using QIIME 2
· 2019 · cited 20,871x
- Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
· 2020 · cited 15,961x
- Safety and Efficacy of the BNT162b2 mRNA Covid-19 Vaccine
· 2020 · cited 14,073x
via Crossref · CC0
Key facts
- Born
- Heloise Ruth First , ( 1925-05-04 ) 4 May 1925, Johannesburg , South Africa
- Died
- 17 August 1982 (1982-08-17) (aged 57), Maputo , Mozambique
- Occupation
- Anti- apartheid activist
- Spouse
- Joe Slovo
- Children
- Shawn Slovo , Gillian Slovo , Robyn Slovo
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Ruth
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- South Africa
- Place of birth
- Johannesburg
- Place of death
- Maputo
- Spouse
- Joe Slovo
- Occupation
- political activist
- Educated at
- University of the Witwatersrand
- Employer
- Durham University
- Political party
- African National Congress
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Image
- RuthFirst.jpg
Show 8 more facts
- date of birth
- 1925-05-04
- date of death
- 1982-08-17
- cause of death
- letter bomb
- manner of death
- homicide
- Commons category
- Ruth First
- name in native language
- Ruth First
- subject has role
- martyr
- P12749
- Ursula Wyss
Sources (1)
via Wikidata · CC0
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Encyclopedic overview
Heloise Ruth First OLG (4 May 1925 – 17 August 1982) was a South African anti-apartheid activist and scholar. She was assassinated in Mozambique, where she was working in exile, by a parcel bomb built by South African police.
Family and education
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ruth First” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.