Yanchi movement

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The role of women in Ethiopian military history was thriving at a time where the world was more comfortable relegating household chores to women, yet remains largely untold.

Female heroines in Ethiopia have impacted the course of history as Queens, military strategists, combatants, and even spies – and have deterred foreign aggression for thousands of years, leaving behind an independent nation to us.

No one was left behind in the mobilization efforts of and during the battle of Adwa in 1896. Women served as civilian participants and military combatants, and equally claimed rights, titles, honors for their valor. Inheritance and ownership over land, previously unthinkable for women, was another right granted to those who have served in the military – contributing to a mindset shift of what women were denied due to illogical biases that no longer serve the community.

Adwa, 1896.
Herstory

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The role of women in Ethiopian military history was thriving at a time where the world was more comfortable relegating household chores to women, yet remains largely untold.

Female heroines in Ethiopia have impacted the course of history as Queens, military strategists, combatants, and even spies – and have deterred foreign aggression for thousands of years, leaving behind an independent nation to us.

No one was left behind in the mobilization efforts of and during the battle of Adwa in 1896. Women served as civilian participants and military combatants, and equally claimed rights, titles, honors for their valor. Inheritance and ownership over land, previously unthinkable for women, was another right granted to those who have served in the military – contributing to a mindset shift of what women were denied due to illogical biases that no longer serve the community.

Adwa, 1896.
Herstory

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