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Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
OHIO SHORT HISTORIES OF AFRICA
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Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
Pamela Scully
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Scully, Pamela, author.
Title: Ellen Johnson Sirleaf / Pamela Scully.
Other titles: Ohio short histories of Africa.
Description: Athens : Ohio University Press, 2016. | Series: Ohio short histories of Africa | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2015042165| ISBN 9780821422212 (pb : alk. paper) | ISBN 9780821445600 (pdf)
Subjects: LCSH: Johnson-Sirleaf, Ellen, 1938–| Women presidents—Liberia—Biography. | Presidents—Liberia—Biography. | Liberia—Politics and government—1980–| Liberia—Biography.
Classification: LCC DT636.53.J64 .S38 2016 | DDC 966.62031092—dc23
LC record available at http://lccn.loc.gov/2015042165
ISBN 9780821445600 (e-book)
Contents
2. Scholar and Government Employee: The 1960s and 1970s
3. Liberian Opportunities and International Perils
4. Women and Postconflict Liberia
Illustrations
Figures
Aerial view of downtown Monrovia, Liberia, 1954
A daily news chalkboard in Monrovia, 2008
Daily Talk newsstand in Monrovia, 2005
President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf waves to the audience at her inauguration in Monrovia, 2006
Women’s Council, National Council of Elders and Chiefs at International Women’s Day, Monrovia, 2008
President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, 2009
Maps
Monrovia, Map No. 3939, 1996
Acknowledgments