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Nov 01, 1889 Bethulie, Free State, South Africa Died on 08 Jan 1979 (aged 89)
South African writer
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About Mabel Jansen
- Martha Mabel Jansen (née Pellissier) (Bethulie, 1 November 1889 - Pretoria, 8 January 1979) was a South African educator, writer, journalist, cultural leader, politician and pioneer in the promotion of Afrikaans, as well as the spouse of the penultimate Governor-general of the Union of South Africa, E.G.
- Jansen. She was a founding member of the Saamwerkersunie (Cooperative Union), the Voortrekkers (an Afrikaans pioneer organisation), the Vroue-Nasionale Party (Women's national party) in Natal, the Federasie van Afrikaanse Kultuurvereniginge (FAK) (Federation of Afrikaans Cultural Organisations), and the first woman member of the Suid-Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns (South African Academy of Science and Arts).She was the author of numerous dramas and novels, as well as the first Afrikaans grammar guide.
- She was involved in the founding of Voortrekkerpers (Pioneer publishers) and Die Transvaler (The Transvaler newspaper), a leading figure in the education and upliftment of impoverished Afrikaans railway workers, and an avid supporter of the preservation of cultural-historical monuments.
