Shulamith Muller
South African lawyer, communist, and anti-apartheid activist
About Shulamith Muller
Lived 1922 – 1978 (aged 55–56). Shulamith Muller was a lawyer and anti-apartheid activist.
Shulamith Muller (née Movshowitz, December 1922 - July 1978) was a South African lawyer, communist, and anti-apartheid activist. Muller attended the University of Pretoria where she studied law and became an attorney in 1948.
Muller worked as Viola Hashe's counsel in 1956 and prevented her from being deported. Muller also did appeals for Sophia Williams-De Bruyn. Muller was also involved with the 1956 Treason Trial as one of the instructing attorneys, taking the case on when she was seven months pregnant. South Africa struck her from the Roll of Attorneys in August 1971. Her son, Arnold, had petitioned for the reinstatement.
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Who was Shulamith Muller?
South African lawyer, communist, and anti-apartheid activist
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Shulamith Muller was born in 1922.
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Shulamith Muller died in 1978.
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Shulamith Muller was a lawyer and anti-apartheid activist.
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