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{{Short description|South African activist}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = <!-- use common name/article title= Nomalizo Leah -->Tutu
| image = File:Nomalizo Leah Tutu.jpg
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| caption = Tutu in 1997
| birth_name = <!-- only use if different= fromNomalizo nameLeah -->Shenxane
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1933|10|14|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Krugersdorp]], [[Union of South Africa]]
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| occupation = Activist
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| spouse = {{marriage|[[Desmond Tutu]]|2 July 1955|26 December 2021|end=died}}
| children = 4; including [[Mpho Tutu van Furth]]
| signature = Nomalizo Leah Tutu signature.svg
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'''Nomalizo Leah Tutu''' ({{nee|'''Shenxane'''}}; born 14 October 1933) is a [[South Africa]]nAfrican activist and the wifewidow of [[Desmond Tutu]].<ref name="TL">{{cite web|last1=Jansen|first1=Jonathan|title=The Big Read: Leah Tutu true grit behind the glory|url=http://www.timeslive.co.za/thetimes/2013/10/25/The-Big-Read-Leah-Tutu-true-grit-behind-the-glory1|website=Times Live|publisher=Sunday Times|date=25 LiveOctober 2013|accessdateaccess-date=3 April 2017}}</ref><ref name="LS">{{cite book|last1=Turok|first1=Karina|title=Life and Soul: Portraits of Women who Move South Africa|date=2009|publisher=Double Storey Publishers}}</ref>
==Life==
Nomalizo Leah Tutu was born Nomalizo Leah Shenxane inon 14 October 1933 in [[Krugersdorp]], South Africa.<ref name=LS /> She married [[Desmond Tutu]] on 2 July 2, 1955. They had four children: Trevor Thamsanqa, Theresa Thandeka, Naomi Nontombi and [[Mpho Tutu van Furth|Mpho Andrea]], all of whom attended the [[Waterford Kamhlaba]] School in [[Swaziland]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.helpkids.org.za/pages.php?id=26|title=Our Patron – Archbishop Desmond Tutu|publisher=Cape Town Child Welfare|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080518020115/http://www.helpkids.org.za/pages.php?id=26|archivedate=18 May 2008|url-status=dead|accessdateaccess-date=6 June 2008|df=dmy-all}}</ref> They have 9nine grandchildren: Palesa Tutu and Lizo Tutu via Trevor, Xabiso Gxashe via Thandeka, Tebogo Joy Ngoma, Nompumelelo Ngomane, and Mpilo Ngomane via Naomi, and Nyaniso Burris and Onalena Burris via Mpho.<ref name="WA">{{cite web|title=We Are Family Foundation - Honorees|url=http://www.wearefamilyfoundation.org/who-we-are/honorees/mattie-jt-stepanek-peacemaker/303-desmond-and-leah-tutu|website=We Are Family Foundation|publisher=We Are Family Foundation|accessdateaccess-date=4 April 2017}}</ref> They renewed their marriage vows in 2015 in [[Orlando, Soweto]].<ref name="TT">{{cite web|last1=Harley|first1=Nicola|title=Desmond Tutu renews wedding vows|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/religion/11718107/Desmond-Tutu-renews-wedding-vows.html|website=The Telegraph|publisherdate=The4 TelegraphJuly 2015|accessdateaccess-date=4 April 2017}}</ref> She underwent hip surgery in 2016.<ref name="NT">{{cite web|last1=Etheridge|first1=Jenna|title=Leah Tutu recovering well after surgery|url=http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/leah-tutu-recovering-well-after-surgery-20161116|website=News24|publisherdate=News2416 November 2016|accessdateaccess-date=4 April 2017}}</ref>
==Career and activism==
[[File:Plaque,_Archbishop_Desmond_and_Nomalizo_Leah_Tutu%27s_House,_Soweto,_South_Africa.jpg|thumb|left|She lived for over 50 years at [[Tutu House]] which they extended in 1990]]
Leah isTutu was a teacher and a nurse. During the period between 1970 and 1972, she worked as an assistant to the registrar at the [[University of Botswana, Lesotho and Swaziland]].<ref name=LS /> She co-founded the South African Domestic Workers Association.<ref name=TL /> She was the director of the Domestic Workers and Employers Project of the [[South African Institute of Race Relations]] from 1976 to 1984.<ref name=LS /><ref name=WA /> She co-founded the Desmond Tutu Peace Center in 1988. She lectures to many churches and women's groups.<ref name=WA />
==HonorsHonours==
In 2000, the [[National Louis University]] awarded her an honorary doctorate, along with her husband.<ref name=LS /><ref name=WA /> In 2009, she and her husband were awarded the [[Mattie Stepanek|Mattie J.T. Stepanek]] Peacemaker Award by the [[We Are Family Foundation]].<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.wearefamilyfoundation.org/who-we-are/honorees/mattie-jt-stepanek-peacemaker |title=Archbishop Desmond Tutu & Leah Tutu|accessdateaccess-date=2017-09-08|publisher=We Are Family Foundation}}</ref>
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[[Category:South African Anglicans]]
[[Category:South African women activists]]
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