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Freda Levson was born on 21 November, 1911 in South Africa, is an activist. Discover Freda Levson's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is She in this year and how She spends money? Also learn how She earned most of networth at the age of 112 years old?
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Freda Levson Net Worth
Her net worth has been growing significantly in 2022-2023. So, how much is Freda Levson worth at the age of 113 years old? Freda Levson’s income source is mostly from being a successful activist. She is from South Africa. We have estimated
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When apartheid was ended, Levson donated her papers to Fort Hare University. She received a telegram from Mandela on her 90th birthday, where he wrote that he would always remember her efforts to fight apartheid. Levson died on 7 October 2004.
In 1963, she started a boycott movement called Playwrights Against Apartheid which encouraged writers to "withdraw rights to have their works performed in racially segregated theatres in South Africa." Samuel Beckett was involved and Waiting for Godot was not performed again in South Africa until 1976 when it starred an all-black cast as Market Theatre, Johannesburg. Between 1980 and 1985, she served on the council of IDAF.
Briefly, she and her husband moved to Malta for his health, but Leon Levson died that same year. Levson moved to London and met Nelson Mandela there in 1962.
Levson helped maintain the funds of the South African Treason Trial Defence fund which helped support legal fees for those accused during the 1956 Treason Trial. Levson also began to work with Congress Alliance in exile and worked for the International Defence and Aid Fund (IDAF). She worked as IDAF secretary until 1961, when her husband became ill.
Levson married Leon Levson in the early 1950s and the couple moved to Johannesburg. She was involved in the launch of the 1952 defiance campaign against unjust laws led by the African National Congress (ANC) and the South African Indian Congress (SAIC). Levson, spent four weeks in jail, along with Bettie du Toit, for her participation. Both women were fined as well.
Levson worked with Reverend Michael Scott in 1946 on the plight of Namibians and other related liberation campaigns. Levson felt that the plight of Hereros people in Namibia was a "test case" for racial segregation. In 1948, she took Scott's notes from the United Nations and used these to publish a book, In Face of Fear: Michael Scott's Challenge to South Africa (1950). The book includes historical perspective and attention to detail about Scott's work according to The Age. However, The Observer wrote that the book "lacks balance, continuity and exactitude." The book did bring public attention to the issue.
Winifred "Freda" May Levson (born MacDonald Troup 21 November 1911 - 7 October 2004) was a South African activist. Levson fought against apartheid throughout her life. Her 1950 book, In Face of Fear: Michael Scott's Challenge to South Africa, brought public attention to the issues of racial segregation in Africa and also to the work of Reverend Michael Scott.
Levson was born in Pretoria on 21 November 1911. Until she was 13, she attended school in England and spent her holidays in Scotland. She went on to study geography at St Hugh's College. During World War II, she volunteered on a ship that took evacuee children to South Africa and afterwards, she stayed there with her family.