Julia Mavimbela

Julia Mavimbela (born 20 December 1917 [cite magazine
url=http://www.lds.org/ldsorg/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=2354fccf2b7db010VgnVCM1000004d82620aRCRD&locale=0&sourceId=d4e02150a447b010VgnVCM1000004d82620a____&hideNav=1
title=Julia Mavimbela: Sowing Seeds in Soweto
date=Apr. 1990
last=Florence Jr.
first=Giles H.
publisher=Ensign (magazine)] ) was a leader of women's organizations in South Africa.

Mavimbela was a president of the group National Women of South Africa. She also organized Women for Peace, a group that aimed to have a peaceful transition to true democracy in South Africa. She was involved in organizing garden planting initiatives in Soweto. [cite journal
url=http://www.bannerofliberty.com/OS-1996MQC/11-11-1996.1.html
title=Banner of Liberty
date=November 11, 1996
last=Mostert
first=Mary]

Mavimbela joined The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) in 1981. She has since served as a Relief Society president and a public affairs director in the church. [cite magazine
url=http://www.lds.org/ldsorg/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=f318118dd536c010VgnVCM1000004d82620aRCRD&locale=0&sourceId=4b742e4d12fdb010VgnVCM1000004d82620a____&hideNav=1
title=Julia Mavimbela
last=LeBaron
first=Dale
date=Mar 1995
publisher=Liahona (magazine)] In 1995, she was honored at Brigham Young University for "outstanding contribution to a profession, a community, a religion." [ [http://search.ldslibrary.com/article/view/2653043 Nurse This Little Plot] ] She was featured in the documentary "Lives of Service". [ [http://shop.lifeisamovie.com/cgi/display.cgi?item_num=106406-01 Lives of Service] ]

She was married, but her husband John was killed in 1955, leaving her widowed with her several children. [cite web
url=http://speeches.byu.edu/reader/reader.php?id=472
title=Seasons of Hope
date=4 February 2003.
last=Boothe
first=Randall
publisher=Brigham Young University]

Famous quote

"I was blessed to get an education available to few black women in Africa at that time. Every woman should be able to get an education so she can serve others." [cite web
url=http://www.famousquotes.com/show.php?_id=1034593
title=I was blessed to get an education...
publisher=FamousQuotes.com
last=Mavimbela
first=Julia
accessdate=2008-04-18]

Notes

References

*Garr et. al, "Encyclopedia of Latter-day Saints History", p. 721-722
*Marie Cornwall, Susan Howe, Women of Wisdom and Knowledge, [http://gospelink.com/next/doc?book_doc_id=300713 I Speak from My Heart: The Story of a Black South African Woman]