📅 17 April 1954
Women from different racial and political organizations formed FEDSAW and adopted a Women's Charter demanding political, economic and social equality.
📅 27 October 1955
About 2,000 women of different racial backgrounds marched to the Union Buildings against the planned extension of pass laws to African women.
📅 9 August 1956
Women delivered petitions opposing passes for African women and stood in disciplined silence before singing the protest song later associated with the phrase: You strike a woman, you strike a rock.
