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Elizabeth Maria Molteno (Betty) (24 September 1852 – 25 August 1927), was a prominent early advocate of civil and women's rights in South Africa. ==Early life== Elizabeth was born into an influential Cape family of Italian origin. She was the oldest and much beloved daughter of John Molteno, the first Prime Minister of the Cape, and many of her 18 siblings came to hold positions of influence in business and government. She spent her earliest years in the protected surroundings of her family's Claremont estate in Cape Town, where she was educated. Her father travelled frequently, for diplomatic or business reasons, and he often let his older children accompany him on such trips. Consequently Elizabeth travelled a great deal as a child, especially to Italy and London, and grew up sharing her father's keen interest in politics and current affairs.〔http://carsologica.zrc-sazu.si/downloads/351/craven.pdf〕 Fiercely intelligent, with a strong personality and an extraordinary memory, she developed views and habits which were unconventional for a girl in the Victorian era – often wearing rough clothes, and showing more interest in science and politics, than in marriage and children. She became a vegetarian early in her life. In her personal beliefs she claimed to be spiritual but non-religious, and she acquired a firm, lifelong belief in the principles of gender and racial equality.〔http://www.academia.edu/5986381/New_light_on_Gandhis_decisive_South_African_Confrontation〕 After matriculating, Elizabeth, unlike her sisters, chose not to marry but to study further at Newnham College, Cambridge. 〔University of Cape Town Manuscripts and Archives Department. BC330: Molteno Murray Papers: Journals of Betty Molteno.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Elizabeth Maria Molteno」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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