Madame President: The Extraordinary Journey of Ellen Johnson Sirleaf Cooper Helene Paperback
The harrowing but triumphant story of Liberia's greatest daughter--Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, the first female president of an African nation and winner of the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize.When Ellen Johnson…
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The harrowing but triumphant story of Liberia's greatest daughter--Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, the first female president of an African nation and winner of the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize.When Ellen Johnson Sirleaf won the 2005 Liberian presidential election with the help of women voters, she demolished a barrier few thought possible. She obliterated centuries of patriarchal rule to become the first female elected head of state in Africa's history; on a continent and in a culture where women are treated as possessions or objects of conquest, Sirleaf's ascent to political power is equal parts astonishing and inspiring. Madame President is "a brisk chronicle of a strong-willed, tireless, and determined leader" (Kirkus Reviews), recounting Sirleaf's evolution from an ordinary Liberian mother of four boys to international banking executive, from a victim of domestic violence to a
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