She quit the paternal United Party in 1959, frustrated that it was so wobbly against apartheid, to join a Progressive Party of 12 members that was wiped out in an election two years later.

• 她在1959年退出了统一党（它反种族隔离是如此不稳定，以至于失败了），加入了有十二名成员的进步党（在两年后的一次选举中解散了）。