Madame President : the extraordinary journey of Ellen Johnson Sirleaf / Helene Cooper.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cooper, Helene, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Johnson-Sirleaf, Ellen, 1938-.

Johnson-Sirleaf, Ellen.

Women presidents--Liberia--Biography.

Women presidents.

Presidents--Liberia--Biography.

Presidents.

Liberia--Politics and government--1980-.

Liberia.

Liberia--Biography.

Politics and government.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

xi, 320 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm

Edition:

First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.

Other Title:

Extraordinary journey of Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

Place of Publication:

New York : Simon & Schuster, 2017.

Summary:

"When Ellen Johnson Sirleaf won the 2005 Liberian presidential election, she demolished a barrier few thought possible, obliterating centuries of patriarchal rule to become the first female elected head of state in Africa's history. Madame President is the story of Sirleaf's evolution from an ordinary Liberian mother of four boys to international banking executive, from a victim of domestic violence to a political icon, from a post-war president to a Nobel Peace Prize winner. On a continent and in a culture where women are treated as possessions or objects of conquest, the Sirleaf rose to political power is astonishing. Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, bestselling author, and native Liberian Helene Cooper deftly weaves Sirleaf's story into the larger narrative of life for Liberian women. The highs and lows of Sirleaf's life are filled with indelible stories: from imprisonment in a jail cell for standing up to Liberia's military government to addressing the United States Congress, from reeling under the onslaught of the Ebola pandemic to signing a deal with then Secretary of State Hillary Clinton that enshrined American support for Liberia's future."--Jacket.

Contents:

The Prophecy

Big Mouth

Bullshit

Idiots

Gio Girl

Cult Hero

It's for You, Sir

Of Hell and Fury

Electoral College

Vote for Woman

Come! Borrow My Baby

All Protocols Observed

Madame President

The Dark Lord Returns

The Empire Strikes Back

Beautiful Day

Monkey and Baboon

Nobel

Miss Liberia Imposters

Amazing Grace and Mary the Menace

The Oracle

Contagion

The Last Battle.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-308) and index.

Local Notes:

The Pennsylvania Abolition Society Complementary Collection.

ISBN:

9781451697353

145169735X

9781451697360

1451697368

OCLC:

958371317

Publisher Number:

40026952397