Editing Ruth First (section)

{{short description|South African journalist, scholar and anti-apartheid activist (1925–1982)}}
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{{Use South African English|date=April 2013}}
{{infobox person
| name               = Ruth First
| image              = RuthFirst.jpg
| image_size         = 
| caption            = First c. 1960
| birth_name         = Heloise Ruth First
| birth_date         = {{birth date|df=yes|1925|5|4|}}
| birth_place        = [[Johannesburg]], [[Union of South Africa|South Africa]]
| death_date         = {{death date and age|1982|8|17|1925|5|4|df=y}}
| death_place        = [[Maputo]], [[Mozambique]]
| occupation         = Anti-[[apartheid]] activist
| spouse             = [[Joe Slovo]]
| children           = [[Shawn Slovo]], [[Gillian Slovo]], [[Robyn Slovo]]
}}
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'''Heloise Ruth First''' [[Order of Luthuli|OLG]] (4 May 1925 &ndash; 17 August 1982) was a South African anti-[[apartheid]] activist and scholar. She was assassinated in [[Mozambique]], where she was working in exile, by a [[letter bomb|parcel bomb]] built by South African police.