SOCIAL ACTIVIST

Evelyn Mase

1922 - 2004

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Evelyn Ntoko Mase (18 May 1922 – 30 April 2004), later named Evelyn Rakeepile, was the first wife of the South African anti-apartheid activist and the future president Nelson Mandela, to whom she was married from 1944 to 1958. Mase was a nurse by profession. Born in Engcobo, Transkei, Mase was orphaned as a child. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Evelyn Mase has received more than 1,244,500 page views. Her biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Evelyn Mase is the 396th most popular social activist (down from 374th in 2019), the 73rd most popular biography from South Africa (up from 76th in 2019) and the 4th most popular South African Social Activist.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.33

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.91

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Evelyn Mase ranks 396 out of 840. Before her are Madan Lal Dhingra, Micaela Bastidas, Huey P. Newton, Deniz Gezmiş, Nasrin Sotoudeh, and Bayard Rustin. After her are Inge Scholl, James Guillaume, Kamala Nehru, Venetia Burney, William Howard Russell, and Martin Guerre.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1922, Evelyn Mase ranks 238. Before her are Bob Anderson, Võ Văn Kiệt, Mariano Gonzalvo, Carmen McRae, Marlyn Meltzer, and Hal Clement. After her are Richard Kiley, Blaga Dimitrova, Sabino Barinaga, Micheline Ostermeyer, Ewald-Heinrich von Kleist-Schmenzin, and Nancy Mackay. Among people deceased in 2004, Evelyn Mase ranks 160. Before her are Eric Sturgess, Barney Kessel, Dimebag Darrell, Carrie Snodgress, Alexander Ragulin, and Mildred McDaniel. After her are Kikuko, Princess Takamatsu, Janet Frame, Christl Cranz, Carvalho Leite, Veríssimo Correia Seabra, and Torsten Hägerstrand.

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In South Africa

Among people born in South Africa, Evelyn Mase ranks 73 out of 454. Before her are Ian Scheckter (1947), Eric Sturgess (1920), John Cranko (1927), Gordon Murray (1946), Oscar Pistorius (1986), and Oliver Tambo (1917). After her are Alice Krige (1954), Mangosuthu Buthelezi (1928), Walter Sisulu (1912), Dinuzulu kaCetshwayo (1868), Laurens van der Post (1906), and Nico Diederichs (1903).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In South Africa

Among social activists born in South Africa, Evelyn Mase ranks 4. Before her are Nelson Mandela (1918), Steve Biko (1946), and Frances Ames (1920). After her are Ted Grant (1913), Denis Goldberg (1933), Devdas Gandhi (1900), Ramdas Gandhi (1897), Albertina Sisulu (1918), Bram Fischer (1908), Beyers Naudé (1915), and Lillian Ngoyi (1911).

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