📅 17 April 1954
Women from different racial and political organizations formed FEDSAW and adopted a Women's Charter demanding political, economic and social equality.
📅 25 June 1955
Nearly 3,000 delegates and observers gathered to debate demands collected from communities across South Africa for a democratic and nonracial future.
📅 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.
📅 5 December 1956
Police raids across the country led to the arrest of 156 activists of different racial backgrounds. The resulting Treason Trial attempted to criminalize the Freedom Charter movement.
📅 13 October 1962
The restriction isolated Joseph from political and social life and illustrated how banning and house arrest targeted women as well as men in the liberation movement.
