Mabel Jansen, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Mabel Jansen

South African writer

Date of Birth: 01-Nov-1889

Place of Birth: Bethulie, Free State, South Africa

Date of Death: 08-Jan-1979

Profession: writer, journalist

Nationality: South Africa

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Martha Mabel Jansen (née Pellissier) (Bethulie, 1 November 1889 - Pretoria, 8 January 1979) was a South African educator, writer, journalist, cultural leader, politician and pioneer in the promotion of Afrikaans, as well as the spouse of the penultimate Governor-general of the Union of South Africa, E.G.
Jansen. She was a founding member of the Saamwerkersunie (Cooperative Union), the Voortrekkers (an Afrikaans pioneer organisation), the Vroue-Nasionale Party (Women's national party) in Natal, the Federasie van Afrikaanse Kultuurvereniginge (FAK) (Federation of Afrikaans Cultural Organisations), and the first woman member of the Suid-Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns (South African Academy of Science and Arts).She was the author of numerous dramas and novels, as well as the first Afrikaans grammar guide.
She was involved in the founding of Voortrekkerpers (Pioneer publishers) and Die Transvaler (The Transvaler newspaper), a leading figure in the education and upliftment of impoverished Afrikaans railway workers, and an avid supporter of the preservation of cultural-historical monuments.