Jenny Stein obituary

"They married in 1946 and migrated to South Africa the same year, not long before apartheid became the official system of government in the country. Both soon became active in the anti-apartheid movement. Sylvester was editor of Drum, a national magazine aimed at a black audience, and Jenny, in between having four children, hosted illegal meetings at the family home, breaking the colour bar."

"As the official pressures on her and Sylvester steadily built, they decided to leave South Africa and returned to the UK in 1958. Back in London, Jenny came into her own, making the family home near Regent's Park a swinging 60s salon, overflowing with artists, singers, journalists and South African exiles. Doris Lessing was a regular visitor, as were Johnny Dankworth and Cleo Laine."

Jenny Stein was born in London to Allen Hutt and Norma Garwood and boarded at the progressive Summerhill school in Suffolk. She worked as a film assistant at the Crown Film Unit in London during the second world war. She met and married Sylvester Stein in 1946 and they migrated to South Africa, where both joined the anti-apartheid movement. Sylvester edited Drum and Jenny hosted illegal meetings while raising four children. She was arrested during the 1957 Alexandra township bus boycott for giving lifts to black workers. The couple returned to the UK in 1958, and Jenny later ran Whitechapel Gallery and opened the Riverside Gallery.

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