๐๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ถ๐น๐ถ๐ฎ ๐ ๐ฎ๐ธ๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ด๐ถ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฟ๐๐ ๐ฏ๐น๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ณ๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ฎ๐น ๐ป๐๐ฟ๐๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ป ๐ฆ๐ผ๐๐๐ต ๐๐ณ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ.
She was born in 1880 at the MacFarlane Mission in the Victoria district of Alice in the Eastern Cape. Her father was a teacher and a minister and so she was taught at home before she even entered school. She attended the Lovedale Girlโs School where she obtained a teacherโs certificate.
In 1898, an experimental nurseโs training school was opened for black nurses at the Lovedale Mission Hospital and in 1902 a three-year nursing course was introduced at Lovedale College. In 1903, Makiwane enrolled, even though she had her teacherโs certificate. On the 7 January 1908, after passing her exams, Makiwane was registered as the first black professional nurse.
In 1912, Makiwane took part in what was probably the first womenโs anti-pass campaign. In this campaign, a petition was signed by some 5000 black and coloured women in the Free State was sent to Louis Botha asking for the pass laws to be repealed.
She resumed work with the Lovedale Hospital and served the hospital for many years until she was granted long leave due to ill health. She died in 1919 at the age of 39.
A statue of Cecilia Makiwane was erected by the nurses of South Africa at the Lovedale Hospital in 1977 and a hospital in Mdantsane Township in the Eastern Cape has been named after her.
๐๐ป ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ฎ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ด๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ป๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฑ๐๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ถ๐น๐ถ๐ฎ ๐ ๐ฎ๐ธ๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฒ ๐ก๐๐ฟ๐๐ฒ'๐ ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ด๐ป๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฎ๐น๐๐ต๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ณ๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ฎ๐น๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ต๐ผ๐ป๐ผ๐๐ฟ.
๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ก ๐ก๐ ๐กโ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐กโ๐ ๐๐ข๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ก๐๐๐๐ฆ, ๐ผ๐๐ก๐๐๐๐๐ก๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ข๐๐ ๐ ๐ท๐๐ฆ. ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ก๐ ๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ฆ๐กโ๐๐๐ ๐กโ๐๐ก ๐ฆ๐๐ข ๐๐, ๐๐๐ก ๐๐ข๐ ๐ก ๐๐ข๐๐๐๐ ๐กโ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ข๐ก ๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ฆ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ฆ. ๐โ๐๐๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ข ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐กโ๐ โ๐๐๐๐ก ๐๐ โ๐๐๐๐กโ๐๐๐๐. ๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ข๐ก๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ข!
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