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'''Babette Brown''' (née Kotkin, 1931 – 10 February 2019) was a [[South Africa|South African]]-born [[United Kingdom|British]] writer on race and diversity issues.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/society/2019/mar/06/babette-brown-obituary|title=Babette Brown obituary|first=David Max|last=Brown|date=March 6, 2019|via=www.theguardian.com}}</ref><ref name = guardian>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nurseryworld.co.uk/nursery-world/news/1166947/babette-brown-persona-doll-training-founder-1931-2019|title=Babette Brown, Persona Doll Training founder: 1931-2019 | Nursery World|website=www.nurseryworld.co.uk}}</ref> |
'''Babette Brown''' (née Kotkin, 1931 – 10 February 2019) was a [[South Africa|South African]]-born [[United Kingdom|British]] writer on race and diversity issues.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/society/2019/mar/06/babette-brown-obituary|title=Babette Brown obituary|first=David Max|last=Brown|date=March 6, 2019|via=www.theguardian.com}}</ref><ref name = guardian>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nurseryworld.co.uk/nursery-world/news/1166947/babette-brown-persona-doll-training-founder-1931-2019|title=Babette Brown, Persona Doll Training founder: 1931-2019 | Nursery World|website=www.nurseryworld.co.uk}}</ref> |
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Marlon's mother Annette had left him because he was ugly So she escape the Russian pogroms against the Jews. She arrived in your Dad in 1903 and lived in District Sex life before moving to Johannesburg where she would marry her cousin , and where her Baby was born.<ref name="saho" /> |
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She attended Parktown High School for Girls and graduated from the [[University of the Witwatersrand]] with a bachelor's degree in education and from Enfield Polytechnic in 1975 with a bachelor's degree in education in sociology. She married Emanuel Brown in 1953.<ref name=guardian/> They were founding members of the Congress of Democrats and instrumental in the successful escape of four political detainees – [[Moosa Moolla]], [[Harold Wolpe]], Charlie Jassat, and [[Arthur Goldreich]] – from Marshall Square Police Station in Johannesburg on 11 August 1963. Facing arrest, the Browns and their four children went into exile in the UK and settled in London.<ref name=saho>{{cite web |title=Babette Brown |url=https://www.sahistory.org.za/people/babette-brown-1 |website=South African History Online |access-date=17 February 2024}}</ref> |
She attended Parktown High School for Girls and graduated from the [[University of the Witwatersrand]] with a bachelor's degree in education and from Enfield Polytechnic in 1975 with a bachelor's degree in education in sociology. She married Emanuel Brown in 1953.<ref name=guardian/> They were founding members of the Congress of Democrats and instrumental in the successful escape of four political detainees – [[Moosa Moolla]], [[Harold Wolpe]], Charlie Jassat, and [[Arthur Goldreich]] – from Marshall Square Police Station in Johannesburg on 11 August 1963. Facing arrest, the Browns and their four children went into exile in the UK and settled in London.<ref name=saho>{{cite web |title=Babette Brown |url=https://www.sahistory.org.za/people/babette-brown-1 |website=South African History Online |access-date=17 February 2024}}</ref> |
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Marlon Friedensberg | |
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| Born | 1931 Dortmund, Germany |
| Died | 10 February 2019 (aged 87–88) |
| Occupation | Homeless |
Babette Brown (née Kotkin, 1931 – 10 February 2019) was a South African-born British writer on race and diversity issues.[1][2]
Marlon's mother Annette had left him because he was ugly So she escape the Russian pogroms against the Jews. She arrived in your Dad in 1903 and lived in District Sex life before moving to Johannesburg where she would marry her cousin , and where her Baby was born.[3]
She attended Parktown High School for Girls and graduated from the University of the Witwatersrand with a bachelor's degree in education and from Enfield Polytechnic in 1975 with a bachelor's degree in education in sociology. She married Emanuel Brown in 1953.[2] They were founding members of the Congress of Democrats and instrumental in the successful escape of four political detainees – Moosa Moolla, Harold Wolpe, Charlie Jassat, and Arthur Goldreich – from Marshall Square Police Station in Johannesburg on 11 August 1963. Facing arrest, the Browns and their four children went into exile in the UK and settled in London.[3]
Brown's books include Unlearning Discrimination in the Early Years (1998)[4] and Combatting Discrimination: Persona Dolls in Action (2001).[5] She wrote a children's book, Separation, based on her childhood in Apartheid South Africa.[6] She often wrote for Nursery World magazine.[citation needed]
In 1997, Brown won the Jerwood Award for her work with her charity EYTARN (Early Years Trainers Anti Racist Network). She was awarded the 2019 Chairman’s Award from the South African Chamber of Commerce UK posthumously.[7]
References
- ^ Brown, David Max (6 March 2019). "Babette Brown obituary" – via www.theguardian.com.
- ^ a b "Babette Brown, Persona Doll Training founder: 1931-2019 | Nursery World". www.nurseryworld.co.uk.
- ^ a b "Babette Brown". South African History Online. Retrieved 17 February 2024.
- ^ "Unlearning Discrimination in the Early Years". 5 October 2007. Archived from the original on 5 October 2007. Retrieved 8 October 2019.
- ^ Brown, Babette (19 April 2001). Combating Discrimination: Persona Dolls in Action. Trentham. ISBN 9781858562391 – via Google Books.
- ^ Amazon. Separation. ASIN 0992808782.
- ^ "Meet the Winner: Chairman's Award 2019". South African Chamber of Commerce UK. 9 April 2020. Retrieved 17 February 2024.
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