Ruth First: References & Edit History
Additional Reading
First’s life and work are covered in depth in Alan Wieder, Ruth First and Joe Slovo in the War Against Apartheid (2013); Don Pinnock, Writing Left: The Radical Journalism of Ruth First (2007); and Don Pinnock (compiler), Ruth First, 2nd ed. (2012). Aspects of First’s life are depicted in Gillian Slovo, Every Secret Thing: My Family, My Country (1997; rev. ed. 2010), the memoir of one of First’s daughters.
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Article History
| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anniversary information added. | Apr 30, 2026 | ||
| Added media, questions and answers, and cross-references, and restructured article. | Nov 26, 2025 | ||
| Anniversary information added. | Aug 13, 2025 | ||
| Cross-reference added. | May 29, 2024 | ||
| First paragraph modernization. | May 07, 2024 | ||
| Media added. | Feb 22, 2024 | ||
| Added cross-reference. | Apr 27, 2023 | ||
| Modified link of Web site: Jewish Women's Archive - Biography of Ruth First. | Feb 28, 2017 | ||
| Add new Web site: Jewish Women's Archive - Biography of Ruth First. | Sep 11, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: South African History Online - Biography of Ruth Heloise First. | Sep 11, 2014 | ||
| New bibliography added. | Mar 20, 2014 | ||
| New article added. | Mar 20, 2014 |
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