Elizabeth Maria Molteno

thumb|Elizabeth Maria Molteno Elizabeth Maria Molteno (24 September 1852 – 25 August 1927), was an early South African British activist for civil and women's rights in South Africa. Quotes After the Boer War I saw that Boer and Briton would have to unite, but would they try to do it at the cost of their dark brothers Herstory Profile: Betty Molteno,Posted by Jen ThorpeJanuary 3, 2011,By Sarah Duff Quotes about Elizabeth One of the most influential women in South Africa during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries Your gift of seeing into the heart of things is so great and you have control of such exquisite language for expressing moral and spiritual aspects. Elizabeth Maria Molteno,August 2, 2020,by scarpantolady She trained to be a teacher, refused to marry, and when she turned thirty, decided to study further at the all-female Newnham College at Cambridge She rejected the Christianity of her parents and joined the philosophical and spiritualist Theosophical Society. She dressed eccentrically, favouring sandals over tight boots, and when travelling would wear two dresses at once to save the bother of having to take a suitcase Herstory Profile: Betty Molteno,Posted by Jen ThorpeJanuary 3, 2011,By Sarah Duff External links Category:1852 births Category:1927 deaths Category:Women activists from South Africa Category:Women's rights activists Category:Civil rights activists Category:Women born in the 19th century