Sonja Schlesin
South African activist
Died when: 67 years 214 days (811 months)Star Sign: Gemini
Sonia Schlesin (6 June 1888 – 6 January 1956) was a South African best known for her work with Mohandas Gandhi while he was living in South Africa.
She began her service as his secretary at the age of 17.By her early twenties, she had become entrusted with the executive decision making within Gandhi's law practice and sociopolitical movements.
Gandhi said "during the Satyagraha days ... she led the movement single handed".She was a lifelong friend to Gandhi and would have been a fellow lawyer if she had not been female.
She ended her career as a teacher of Latin and made a late attempt to become a lawyer at the age of 65.
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