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Sonja Schlesin

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Gandhi's secretary in South Africa (1888-1956)

South AfricaLived 1888 to 1956 · aged 67
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Sonja Schlesin 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.

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Schlesin, Gandhi and Kallenbach just after the Great March in 1913Schlesin, Gandhi and Kallenbach just after the Great March in 1913Hermann Kallenbach, Gandhi and Sonja Schlesin and others (to the left) after his jail term in 1913Hermann Kallenbach, Gandhi and Sonja Schlesin and others (to the left) after his jail term in 1913

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Sonja Schlesin 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".

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South Africa
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Lived 1888 to 1956 · aged 67
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