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- -01-16-06 First Female African President Speaks (AllAfrica.com)
"Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, a veteran development official and politician who scored an unexpected victory in Liberia's presidential run-off last month, is currently on a brief private visit to the United States. Planned as a low-key affair, her trip has become a whirlwind of events and appointments, as interest in her status as Africa's first woman president has ballooned." 01-06
- Sirleaf, Ellen Johnson (AfricanHistory.About.com)
"Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, divorced mother of four boys and grandmother to six children is Liberia's first elected female president, as well as the first elected female leader on the continent." Her nickname is "Iron Lady." 01-06
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