Simons, R. E.
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Name (Latin)
Simons, R. E.
Other forms of name
Alexander, Ray (Ray Esther)
Alexandrovich, Rachel Esther
Alexandrovich, Ray
Alexandrovich, Rochelle
Simons, Ray Alexander
Simons, Ray Esther nna
Date of birth
1914-01-12
Date of death
2004-09-12
Gender
female
MARC
MARC
Sources of Information
- nuc85-73038: Simons, H.J. Class and colour in S. Africa, 1850-1950, 1969(hdg. on MH rept.: Simons, Ray Esther; usage: Ray Simons)
- LC data base, 1/24/86(hdg.: Simons, Ray Esther; usage: R.E. Simons; Ray Alexander Simons)
- One hundred years of job reservation on the South African mines, 1987:t.p. (Ray Simons) p. v (ANC/SACTU, Lusaka, Zambia)
- All my life and all my strength, 2004:t.p. (Ray Alexander Simons) p. 16, etc. (b. Jan. 12, 1914 in Varaklan, Latvia; 1st married to Eli Weinberg; married H.J. (Jack) Simons in 1941; née Rochelle (Ray) Alexandrovich; Rachel Esther Alexandrovich)
- The Ray Alexander Simons Memory Centre, 2010:p. 4 (Ray Alexander, first Secretary of the Food and Canning Workers' Union [South Africa], formed in 1941) p. 6 (left Latvia and resettled in Cape Town in 1929 at age 15; active member of Communist Party of South Africa) p. 7 (went into exile in Zambia with husband Jack Simons in 1965; returned in 1990; died 2004, age 91)
Wikipedia description:
Ray Alexander Simons (née Alexandrowich; (31 December 1913 – 12 September 2004) was a South African communist, anti-apartheid activist, campaigner and trade unionist who helped draft the Women's Charter. She moved to Cape Town in 1929 to escape the persecution of Jews and communists.
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