1950s Ray Alexander Ray was born on the 12 January

1950s Ray Alexander Ray was born on the 12 January 1914 in Latvia. While at school she displayed a very independent mind and was not afraid to challenge authorities. Not quite 13 years of age, she joined the underground communist movement. She arrived in Cape Town on 6 November 1929. She discovered that there was much work to be done to organise black workers into unions. On 11 November 1929 she joined the communist party, not quite 16 years old. By 1929 she had already lost her job for taking part with blacks in an anti-pass campaign. She was founder member of the Federation of South African Women and for drafting the women's charter. She was banned at the time of the famous march to the Union Buildings but helped to organise and send 175 women from Cape Town. (Photograph Drum Photographer @ Baileys Archives) Caption taken from the SACP website, biographies

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