MARRIED TO THE STRUGGLE
‘Nanna' Liz Abrahams Tells her Life Story
‘Nanna' Liz Abrahams is an icon of the struggle for labour, women's and political rights in South Africa. Her illustrious career as an activist has stretched over more than sixty years and it is a great privilege to be able to publish her life story to coincide with her 80 th birthday. Her life story has been published as a separate booklet to document, recognise and salute, in a small way, her enormous contribution.
This life story is part of a larger research project on the life stories of trade union activists from the Western Cape. Soon after completing my doctorate on the challenges facing unions during the democratic transition, I came across a copy of a fascinating book titled Rank-and-File: Personal Histories by Working-Class Organizers edited by Alice and Staughton Lynd (Monthly Review Press, 1988).
