September 1952 Is A Women's Place, The Home? Mrs G
September 1952 Is A Women's Place, The Home? Mrs G Nxumalo. Should wives go out to events and meetings with their husbands, or should they stay at home to look after their family and house? Mrs Grace Nxumalo, 49 year old former prison wardress and tennis star player in her young days, now driving a lorry as a coal merchant at Pimville, says: A women's place is where she wants it. I've done all sort of jobs in my younger days, and at no stage have I felt that men were superior to me in any way. True, the African women is brought up under strict control, but that has nothing to do with what she decides to do for herself. I believe a woman should work hard and play hard like anyone else; in this way not only does she help to augment the family's income, but she keeps her body and mind fresh to face her family responsibilities: she has as much right to be where her husband is as the husband has a right to be where she is (Photograph by
