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The harrowing but triumphant history of Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, leader of the Liberian women's activity, winner of the Nobel Tranquility Reward, and the first democratically elected female president in African record. When Ellen Johnson Sirleaf won the 2005 Liberian presidential election, she demolished a hurdle few thought possible, obliterating decades of patriarchal guideline to be the first woman elected mind of state in Africa's record. Madame Leader is the inspiring, often heartbreaking history of Sirleaf's evolution from an ordinary Liberian mom of four males to an international banking professional, from a victim of domestic violence to a political icon, from a postwar president to a Nobel Tranquility Prize winner. Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and best-selling publisher Helene Cooper deftly weaves Sirleaf's personal history into the much larger narrative of the coming of age of Liberian women. The highs and lows of Sirleaf's life are filled up with indelible images, from imprisonment in a prison cell for taking a stand to Liberia's military government to responding to the United States Congress, from reeling under the onslaught of the Ebola pandemic to putting your signature on a deal with Hillary Clinton when she was still Secretary of Declare that enshrined American support for Liberia's future. Sirleaf's personality shines throughout this riveting biography. Ultimately, Madame Leader is the storyplot of Liberia's most significant daughter and the universal lessons we can all study from this "Oracle" of African women.
