Taytu Betul
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Taytu Betul (Amharic: ጣይቱ ብጡል Ṭaytu Bəṭul ; baptised as Wälättä Mikael; 1851 – 11 February 1918) was Empress of Ethiopia from 1889 to 1913 and the third wife of Emperor Menelik II. An influential figure in anti-colonial resistance during the late 19th-century Scramble for Africa, she, along with her husband, founded the modern Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa in 1886.
Quotes
[edit]- ""My womanliness and your manliness is going to be tested on the battle field. Do not absent yourself!”""
- ""I am a woman and I do not love war, but rather than accepting this (colonialism) I prefer war.”""