About Dulcie Hartwell
Lived 1915 – 2012 (aged 96–97). Dulcie Hartwell was a South African trade unionist.
Dulcie Marie Hartwell (18 October 1915 – 30 October 2012) was a South Africa trade union leader.
Born in Johannesburg, Hartwell's mother died when Dulcie was three years old. The family then struggled for money, and Hartwell had to leave school early. In 1933, she began working in the clothing industry, and joined the Garment Workers' Union of South Africa (GWUSA). By 1937, she was working as an organiser for GWUSA, and was also secretary of the Johannesburg Sweet Workers' Union.
Hartwell worked closely with Solly Sachs, the general secretary of GWUSA, and the two married in 1942. Hartwell next became secretary of the clothing industry unemployment fund, then its medical aid society.
In 1951, Hartwell and Sachs separated.
Hartwell retired to Cape Town and died in 2012.
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South Africa trade union leader.
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Dulcie Hartwell was born in 1915.
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Dulcie Hartwell was South African.
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