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| Lucy, alias Dinkesh (literally you are lovely), is the first woman in Ethiopian history, indeed in the history of the world. She was a dainty little person, an intrepid walker who came down from the trees some 3 million years ago in the Afar region of eastern Ethiopia The extent of her influence or power will forever remain a mystery. |
| Whereas Lucy's fossilized bones are real, nothing is known of her story. But when it comes to the Queen of Sheba, there is a great story, yet no concrete evidence to support it. Do not deny her existence in Ethiopia, however. According to the Ethiopian national epic, Kabra Negast, compiled in the fourteenth century, Makeda, the Queen of Sheba who visited King Solomon in the Old Testament times, came from Tigre in Northern Ethiopia In Ethiopia, it was considered quite natural that a woman should have held supreme power. |
| Source: Women of Power in Ethiopian Legend and History. Selamta (in-flight magazine of Ethiopian Airlines) 13 (1, January-March 1996): 25. |
| Cover photograph by Kay Muldoon/World Bank. |
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Implementing the Ethiopian national policy for women : institutional
and regulatory issues / The World Bank and the Women's Affairs
Office. Government of Ethiopia.
p. cm. (Directions in development)
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN 0-8213-4207-X
1. WomenGovernment policyEthiopia. 2. WomenLegal status,
laws, etc.Ethiopia. I. World Bank. II Ethiopia. Women's
Affairs Office. III. Series: Directions in development (Washington,
D.C.)
HQ1236.5.E81147 1998
362.83'09dc21 98-14106
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