Gool, Zainunnissa, 1897-1963

found: Finding aid to the Abdullah Abdurahman (1872-1940) family papers (1906-1962), 1977(Mrs. Zainunnissa Gool ( -1963), daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Abdullah Abdurahman, married Dr. Abdul Hamid Gool in 1919; BA and MA from Univ. of Cape Town)

found: SA History Online, Feb. 14, 2006(Cissie Zainunnissa Gool, 1897-1963; b. in Cape Town in 1897; founded the National Liberation League; Cape Town City Council member from 1938-1951; 1962 LLB from Univ. of Cape Town, advocate to the Supreme Court) - http://www.sahistory.org.za/pages/people/gool-c.htm

found: Stand. Enc. of Southern Africa, vol. 5, 1st ed.:p. 269-270 (Gool, Zainunnissa (Cissy), b. Cape Town, June 11, 1897, d. Cape Town, April 7, 1963; dau. of A. Abdurahman)

found: Dict. of SA Biog., vol. 4:p. 188 (Gool, Zainunnissa (Cissy), June 11, 1897-March 7, 1963; Univ. of Cape Town, BA 1932, MA, 1933, LL.B, 1962)

found: Dictionary of African Biography, accessed January 31, 2015, via Oxford African American Studies Center database:(Gool, Cissie; political figure, activist; born Zainunnissa (Cissie) Abdurahman, 06 November 1897 in Cape Town, South Africa; BA and MA in psychology from the University of Cape Town (1932, 1933); played a leading role in the establishment the National Liberation League (NLL) (1935); president of the NLL, which launched the Non-European United Front (NEUF), also taking the presidency; established a committee of action to supervise protest campaigns against residential segregation; won city council elections as candidate for Ward 7 in District Six (1938), served as a city councillor until her stroke and consequent demise; main focus as councillor was on fighting racial segregation and inequality; listed as communist under the terms of the 1950 Suppression of Communism Act (1954); died 04 July 1963)