Helen Suzman, 1917-2009


	Helen Suzman, 1917-2009

Carl Lavin

1-1-2009 8:41 AM

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helen suzman, south africa

Carl Lavin says:

She visited Mandela in prison. She stood up against apartheid. She showed her patriotism by challenging her government.

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the only MP who consistently and unequivocally opposed discriminatory 
legislation and the spate of security laws that left the rule of law in tatters. 
In a patriarchal society like South Africa, discrimination against women was 
also rife. For many years the quest for equal status was one of Helen's main 
concerns, and she achieved considerable success.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.hsf.org.za/about-helen-suzman/about-helen-suzman/about-helen-suzman-1">In a famous exchange a certain minister shouted: “You put these questions just 
to embarrass South Africa overseas.” To which Helen coolly replied: </blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.hsf.org.za/about-helen-suzman/about-helen-suzman/about-helen-suzman-1"><P><P></P>“It is not my questions that embarrass South Africa – it is your answers.”</P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/3CB98B90-298D-448E-B52F-4100989D50F2/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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