The Women's Monument at the Union Buildings, Pretoria. It commemorates the march by some 20,000 women on 9 August 1956, through Pretoria to the Union Buildings, where they attempted to present a letter to prime minister JG Strijdom, protesting the "pass laws" and in particular, the law requiring African women to carry "passes." Neither Strijdom nor anyone else in government accepted the letter. In 2006 this memorial to the march was unveiled. It is in the amphitheatre where the women gathered. The artists were Wilma Cruise and Marcus Holmes. It is not accessible to the public. 1 November 2013 Artist: David Goldblatt (South African, 1930–2018)
Printer: Tony Meintjes (South African, born 1956)

2013, printed later

Medium: Carbon ink print
Dimensions: image: 11 11/16 × 14 3/4 in. (29.7 × 37.5 cm)
sheet: 13 × 15 15/16 in. (33 × 40.5 cm)
Credit Line: Purchased with a gift from Jane P. Watkins, M.P.H. 1979; with the Leonard C. Hanna, Jr., Class of 1913, Fund; and with support from the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Accession Number: 2022.37.502
Culture: South African
Period: 20th century
Classification: Photographs
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Provenance

The artist, Goodman Gallery and Pace MacGill

Object copyright

In Copyright

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Object/Work type

carbon prints

protesting

Edition 5/10

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