The Incomparable History Of Ireland

The Grapefruit Ladies - How 11 young people changed the world

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The "Grapefruit Ladies" were 11 young Irish Dunnes Stores workers who went on strike from 1984 to 1987 to protest apartheid in South Africa. Led by 21-year-old Mary Manning, they refused to handle South African fruit. Their 3-year protest led Ireland to become the first Western country to ban all South African imports. 

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